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AF447

July 7, 2020

Thanks to Kevin Shaw for recommending this accident for this episode!

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?t=22778

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/world/europe/05brazil.html

https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a7813/air-france-447-and-the-limits-of-aviation-safety-10487501/

https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/underwater-archaeology/air-france-flight-447/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9231855/Air-France-Flight-447-Damn-it-were-going-to-crash.html

https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-april-4-2011-air-france-flight-447-wreckage-found-using-modern-oceanography-tools

Video Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBgJhFQAqrM

Research Sources:

https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/f-cp090601.en/pdf/f-cp090601.en.pdf

“Vanished .” Mayday Air Disasters, season 12, episode 13, Cineflix, 15 Apr. 2013.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_F...
In Mechanical Failures, Pilot Failures Tags Air France, A330, Lost, Disorientation, Pilot Error, Mechanical Error, Pitot Tubes, Bea
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