Air France 447 news update

French crash investigators have successfully extracted data from the 'black boxes' of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009.  228 people lost their lives.  The successful transfer includes all information from the flight data recorder, which monitors aircraft systems, and a loop containing the last two hours of cockpit voice recordings.

The whole airline industry is waiting on the results of the investigation.  Whilst satisfactory explanations have been put forward, with the rescue of the ‘black boxes’ a firm clarification of what went wrong can probably be established.

The recorders from the Airbus A330 aircraft were hauled from the seabed nearly 4km (2.5 miles) to the sea surface at the start of May after a lengthy search operation.  Investigators had earlier said any information gleaned from the 'black boxes' would take months to process and that they did not expect to issue a report until early in 2012. www.airfrance.com

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