Airbus to funds third search for Air France Aircraft crash debris

Airbus has decided to fund the third search to help find the flight recorders and the debris of the Air France airliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, in June 2009.The unfortunate event occurred on June 1, 2009, when Flight AF 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic killing all the 228 people aboard.

Two submarines and a ship are currently searching for the debris and the black boxes (flight recorders).

The Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) said, “As the flight recorders have now stopped emitting signals, it is necessary to first identify the location of the debris of the plane, and then to search it for the recorders.”

Not much details are available on the issue but BEA confirmed that Airbus would help finance the search.

Airbus would spend around 12-20 million euros ($17-28 million).

Airbus will help with the search over a period of three months.

The deadline for the search was set for August 22, 2009, but it seems that the search would go on beyond that date and Airbus.

The aircraft’s black box would be emitting signals for a span of 30 days after the crash. The signal received is supposed to be strong and consistent. cbsnews quoted a source as saying, “It does not continue operating with decreasing signal strength.”

The search would go on till the investigators think there are good chances of finding the debris of the crash. Finding the black box will help collect a lot of data regarding the crash of the aircraft.

The BEA has said that search teams will use two submersible units and lateral scanning sonar to search look for debris sites on the sea floor that could lead to finding the recorders.

The evidence available till date suggests that the aircraft was broken apart by the impact of the water. The funding would definitely help make the search team stronger and hopefully results would be delivered quickly.

BEA also said that the search has concentrated on an area around 70km from the last known position of the Airbus.