Air France AF447 Flight Data Recorder Recovered

The ongoing search for wreckage of Air France flight 447, an A330-200 (F-GZCP) that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 1 June 2009, has successfully located the flight data recorder (FDR), one of the two "black boxes" that may contain data that may reveal why the flight crashed almost two years ago. The search continues for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR).

The French Bureau d'Enquetes et Analyses (BEA), which is leading the accident investigation, announced earlier today that the FDR was retrieved by a remotely operated vehicle an brought up from the ocean floor (from about 4,000 meters, or 13,000 feet deep) and is now on board the ship Ile de Seinon. Earlier this month,(the search effort spotted several major portions of the aircraft as well as the remains of a number of passeners).

Photos of Flight Data Recorder Recovery

Related AirSafe.com and AirSafeNews.com articles

Initial AirSafe.com Reports on This Event (4:10)
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Additional Resources
AirSafe.com Flight 447 page
Synopsis of second BEA interim report (English)
Complete second BEA interim report (English)
Complete second BEA interim report (French)
First BEA Interim Report (English)
First BEA interim report (French)
Other Air France Plane Crashes
Other Airbus A330 Plane Crashes
BEA Flight 447 page
Wikipedia Flight 447 page

Previous AirSafeNews.com Articles
AirSafeNews.com article from 4 April 2011 about first sightings of wreckage
Initial AirSafeNews.com article 3 June 2009
Air France Flight 447 Update 9 June 2009
Air France Flight 447 Update 10 June 2009
Air France Flight 447 Update 15 June 2009
Air France Flight 447 Update 19 June 2009
Air France Flight 447 Update 26 June 2009
Todd Curtis BBC Interview about Air France Flight 447 - 9 July 2009
FAA orders A330 pitot tube replacements - 3 September 2009
Article on Second Interim Report from the BEA - 18 December 2009