The most comprehensive coverage to date of Air France 447, an Airbus A330 that crashed in the ocean north of Brazil on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 persons on board.
The book details the crew's failure to maintain aircraft control after a minor failure.
Written by A330 Captain, Bill Palmer, this book opens to understanding the actions of the crew, how they failed to understand and control the problem, and how the airplane works and the part it played. All in easy to understand terms.
Addressed are the many contributing aspects of weather, human factors, and airplane system operation and design that the crew could not recover from. How each contributed is covered in detail along with what has been done, and needs to be done in the future to prevent this from happening again.
For additional supplemental materials visit the book's companion website
Author(s): Bill Palmer
Publisher: William Palmer
Year: 2013
Language: English
Tags: A330, aviation, af447, air france, air france 447, accident, crash, incident, analysis
Introduction
Chronology
The Flight Crew
Communication Breakdown
Intertropical Convergence
Into the Weather
"I Have the Controls"
Stalling and Falling
Aftermath
The Human Element
Lessons Learned
Going Forward
Appendix
About the Author
Notes
