Air France mystery

AIR FRANCE may be on the way to solving the mystery of why AF447 crashed into the South Atlantic in June of last year.  Reports from Paris say that the French defence ministry has now analysed sonar readings taken in the first few weeks after the disaster from a submarine.  With these soundings it might be possible to pinpoint exactly where the “black boxes” are.  However this could be as deep as 2.5 miles beneath the surface.  General Christian Baptiste, Deputy Spokesman at the Defence Ministry said at a press conference.  "Does this mean we have found the black boxes?  We are still far from certain," Baptiste said.  "The search zone still equates to an area the size of Paris and we have to find an object the size of a shoebox in seabed terrain which looks like the Andes.”  Air France said the breakthrough was "excellent news".  Speculation about the cause of the crash has focused on possible icing of the aircraft's speed sensors, which appeared to give inconsistent readings seconds before the plane vanished.  www.airfrance.com

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