Air Crash Investigation S12E13 Air France Flight 447 Crash Chaos in the Cockpit

April 18, 2014 flight2000it

Air Crash Investigation – Air France Flight 447 Crash
On 1st June 2009, 228 passengers and crew boarded Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, but within hours they would all be dead.
Miraculously, they had remained intact, preserving an extraordinary record of the conversations that took place between the pilots as a routine flight turned into disaster.
Air France Flight 447 (abbreviated AF447) was a scheduled commercial flight from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, the Airbus A330-203 airliner serving the flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 216 passengers and 12 aircrew.[2] The accident was the deadliest in the history of Air France.[3][4] It was also the Airbus A330’s second and deadliest fatal accident, and its first while in commercial passenger service.[citation needed]
Initial investigation was hampered because authorities were unable to locate the wreckage; it was located nearly two years after the accident, and the aircraft’s black boxes were finally recovered from the ocean floor in May 2011.[1][5] The final report, released at a news conference on 5 July 2012,[6][7] stated that the aircraft crashed after temporary inconsistencies between the airspeed measurements—likely due to the aircraft’s pitot tubes being obstructed by ice crystals—caused the autopilot to disconnect, after which the crew reacted incorrectly and ultimately led the aircraft to an aerodynamic stall from which they did not recover.[6][8][9] The aircraft involved in the accident was an Airbus A330-203, with manufacturer serial number 660, registered as F-GZCP. This airliner first flew on 25 February 2005.[10] The aircraft was powered by two General Electric CF6-80E1A3 engines with a maximum thrust of 68,530/60,400 lb (take-off/max continuous)[11]pg17sec1.2.1 giving it a cruise speed range of Mach 0.82–0.86 (871–913 km/h, 470–493 KTAS, 540 — 566 mph), at 35,000 ft (10.7 km altitude) and a range of 12,500 km (6750 nmi, 7760 statute miles). On 17 August 2006, the A330 was involved in a ground collision with Airbus A321-211 F-GTAM, at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. F-GTAM was substantially damaged while F-GZCP suffered only minor damage.[12] The aircraft underwent a major
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Accident[edit]

Rio de Janeiro
22:03, 31 MayFernando de Noronha
01:33, 1 JuneLast known position
N2.98 W30.59
02:10, 1 JuneParis
Expected at 09:10,
1 June
Approximate flight path of AF 447. The solid red line shows the actual route. The dashed line indicates the planned route beginning with the position of the last transmission heard. All times are UTC.
The aircraft departed from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport on 31 May 2009 at 19:29 local time (22:29 UTC)[6]1.1, with a scheduled arrival at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport 10h34min later.[14] The last verbal contact with the aircraft was at 01:35 UTC, when it reported that it had passed waypoint INTOL (1°21′39″S 32°49′53″W), located 565 km (351 mi) off Natal, on Brazil’s north-eastern coast.[1] The aircraft left Brazil Atlantic radar surveillance at 01:49 UTC.[15]
The Airbus 330 is designed to be flown by a crew of two pilots. But because the thirteen hours “duty time” (flight duration, plus pre-flight preparation) for the Rio – Paris route exceeds the maximum ten hours permitted by Air France’s procedures, flight 447 was crewed by three pilots: a captain and two co-pilots.[16] With three pilots on board, each of them can take a rest during the flight, and for this purpose the A330 has a rest cabin, situated just behind the cockpit.[17]
In accordance with common practice, the captain had sent one of the co-pilots for the first rest period with the intention of taking the second break himself.[18] At 01:55 UTC, he woke the second pilot and said: “… he’s going to take my place”. After having attended the briefing between the two co-pilots, the captain left the cockpit to rest at 02:01:46 UTC. At 02:06 UTC, the pilot warned the cabin crew that they were about to enter an area of turbulence. Two minutes later, the pilots turned the aircraft slightly to the left and decreased its speed from Mach 0.82 to Mach 0.8 (the recommended “turbulence penetration speed”).[19]