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Decay theory
Experts cannot determine the exact cause of the Airbus A330 crash
The search operation to find the bodies of dead passengers and the wreckage of the French A330 airliner that crashed over the Atlantic on June 1 has ceased to bring significant results. In recent days, nothing has been found that could shed light on the reasons for the crash of the airliner. In this regard, the Brazilian military decided to wind down the operation. The head of the Brazilian Air Force's airspace control department, Brigadier General Ramon Borgis Cardoso, announced on Sunday that the search for bodies would end on June 19.“If after the 17th we still find human remains, the operation will be extended,” the general added, admitting that the chances of finding new bodies are extremely low, given the strong currents at the crash site of the A330. In total, according to the latest data, 50 bodies of dead airbus passengers were found 1.3 thousand km from the Brazilian coast.
Despite the fact that the “black boxes” of the crashed A330 have not yet been found, experts continue to speculate as to what exactly happened to the plane in the last minutes of its existence. In the absence of flight recorders, experts are trying to piece together a picture of what happened using the wreckage of the plane found in the ocean - the vertical stabilizer of the plane, the elevator - and nine bags with personal belongings of passengers. It is possible that other wreckage of the airliner will soon fall into the hands of investigators. A merchant ship sailing between Uruguay and Britain said it had what was believed to be part of a "medium-sized" aircraft on board, and the ship's captain emailed a photo of it to Brazilian officials.
Judging by the first analysis of the remains of the victims of the plane crash at the Brazilian Institute of Forensic Medicine in the city of Recife, the bodies of the passengers were not burned; experts found only numerous fractures. This conclusion of forensic doctors confirms the version that there was no explosion or fire on board the plane, most likely the plane broke up in the air. This, according to Air France experts, is evidenced by the fact that the bodies floated in the ocean at a distance of 80 km from each other. Also, a re-analysis of automatic messages transmitted by the aircraft showed that the systems failed one at a time. In addition, the influential Brazilian newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo, citing experts in the investigation of air crashes, reported: the appearance of the wreckage of the A330 delivered to Recife confirms the version that the plane could have fallen apart in the air and not exploded, since they are relatively intact and there are no traces of fire on them.
However, despite the fact that the exact cause of the airliner crash has not yet been named, the French company Air France has replaced speed measuring instruments on all its A330 and A340 aircraft. We are talking about the so-called pitot tubes - air pressure receivers, with the help of which the speed of the car is measured. The company took this step because, according to some reports, during the flight of the crashed airliner, discrepancies were observed in the readings of the speed sensors immediately before communication with the aircraft completely ceased. However, experts have not yet established a direct connection between this malfunction and the plane crash.