AF447: Doomed AF447 Stalled, Investigators Say

By Jens Flottau jens@flottau.com .
FRANKFURT .

Air France Flight 447 entered a long, low-speed stall in the minutes before its June 1, 2009, crash off the Brazilian coast, according to data released by the French accident investigation bureau BEA.

BEA disclosed the rough chain of events May 27 after a preliminary analysis of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, which were retrieved from the bottom of the ...

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