Air France 447 - One Year Later

June 1 marked the first anniversary of the crash of Air France flight 447. One year later we still don't have any answers whatsoever on why the Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic. Still, pretty much all scenarios are possible. Most journalists, and some experts, blame the crash on faulty pitot tubes or a bug in the A330's fly-by-wire system/avionics. None of this is confirmed. All is speculation. Even if the pitot tubes were not working correctly - that is not a good reason for a plane to crash. As mentioned several times before, all airplanes are equipped with GPS and still receive above-ground speed information even if the pitot tubes fail. A bug in the fbw system could potentially be the cause, but this has never happened before and would still not explain why no "mayday" signals were sent.

The search for the black boxes is still ongoing and the area where those boxes can be have been narrowed down to twenty-five square kilometers. Still, that is like finding two shoe boxes in an area half the size of Manhattan. However, I am still positive that the black boxes will be found and the mystery will be solved. I still don't really believe any of the current scenarios. Fingers crossed we will know more a year from now.

If you want to read more about the search and a documentary that is currently being produces, please click here.