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US Federal Aviation Administration orders replacement of airspeed sensors in Airbus A330, A340 planes
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:32
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered US-based airlines to replace airspeed indicators in some Airbus aircraft following suspicions that the devices might have had a role in the crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, in which all 228 people on board perished.
Post-crash, Air France replaces airspeed monitors in its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 planes
Sunday, June 21, 2009 18:15
Air France has completed replacing airspeed monitors aboard the carrier’s long-haul passenger planes Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 following the cash of the Air France Flight 447.