TallDutch
2009-01-01, 04:35 AM
French investigators have concluded that icing on the wings of an Air France Regional Fokker 100 contributed to a fatal departure accident at Pau nearly two years ago.
Although the jet rotated quickly, after the co-pilot warned of birds during the take-off roll, the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA) states that ice contamination led to the jet's subsequent aerodynamic behaviour.
More info can be found here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... ators.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/31/320577/icing-led-to-air-france-fokker-take-off-crash-investigators.html)
Although the jet rotated quickly, after the co-pilot warned of birds during the take-off roll, the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA) states that ice contamination led to the jet's subsequent aerodynamic behaviour.
More info can be found here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... ators.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/31/320577/icing-led-to-air-france-fokker-take-off-crash-investigators.html)