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Final report reveals what led to 2009 Air France crash

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    Aircraft went down due to pilot, technical failings

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-- is one of the most disturbing and mysterious plane crashes in aviation history.

Air France flight 447 suddenly drops out of the sky and plunges into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean three years ago.

Today we have what they are calling.

The final report on the tragedy Trace Gallagher has an update live from LA Trace.

Mega the report is 220 pages long and it's very hard on the pilots of flight 447 saying the pilots were startled.

When the malfunction happened they were confused about what to do.

This thing goes and a very great -- to -- member was flying from Rio to Paris in a very bad thunderstorm.

When the and when the PO tubes failed the plane that thing right -- the Peter to the plane went into a stall the first thing pilots are taught when a plane stalls if you push the nose down to increase the speed and regain control.

But this -- despite the stall warning going off some.

54.

Seconds continuously the pilot in control continue to push up on the -- not down.

And the two other pilots.

Also did not take corrective action until it was too late remember this conversation from the cockpit voice recorder saying quote the deputy pilot cline cline -- The junior pilot.

But I've had the stick back the whole time the captain no no no don't Kline no no the deputy pilot -- -- give me that controls give me the controls the deputy pilot.

-- we're gonna crash this can't be happening the junior pilot but what's happening.

The captain ten degrees of pitch and then the CDR the cockpit voice recorder goes silent.

The final report also shows that it may have added to confusion because the flight director system indicated the nose was pointing down.

Which may have caused the pilot to pull up the families of the victims are not satisfied.

Listen.

To him you have experts who really look good tips but say.

At this -- -- -- can send I had.

-- -- -- Find some other reasons as well and but they didn't occupy with technical reasons for the press.

Already in Europe the new rule is if your speed sensors -- you take off all the controls and you do the -- fashioned way -- and you fly the thing manually and they did not do that.

That that have more questions than answers in this case listen a lot theories out there that haven't really been spoken to in this report Trace thank you look at.

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