|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MANAMA (AFP) - Experts investigating the crash of a Gulf Air plane that killed 143 people have begun analyzing transcriptions from black boxes decoded in the United States, Bahrain's Civil Aviation Authority said. The two black boxes, which record cockpit conversations and technical data, were flown to Washington a week ago after the Airbus A320 went down August 23rd attempting to land at the Gulf island's airport. "We received the transcriptions and we are analyzing them," said a Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson, adding, "we have not reached any conclusions so far, a number of scenarios are being considered and we will not make any hasty announcements. It may be a few weeks before we announce anything because of the incredible amount of information that we have." The U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) carried out the transcription of the black boxes. The civil aviation spokesman said that 80% of the Airbus, which crashed into the shallow Gulf waters, has now been brought to the surface by salvage teams. According to the transportation ministry, the Airbus was flying too fast to land before it went up again to turn and prepare for another attempt. However, Gulf Air has refused to blame the pilot and stressed speed might not be the cause of the crash, although several newspapers have also pointed to human error. |
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
