Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Lost chip hides the secret of the catastrophe – BBC

Investigators listen attentively to the voice recorder audio Airbus A320, trying to understand what happened in the cockpit at the last minute before they stopped communicating. Home riddle: what happened in those 18 minutes when the plane fell by 8 thousand. Meters and crashed into a mountainside. The second “black box” was empty, rescuers searching for fallen chip data.

Parametric recorder Airbus A320 aircraft airline Germanwings, crashed in the Alps, was empty: there was no chip with records. Office for analysis and investigation of accidents in transport France published images found recorder – he was very mangled.

«We are looking for a second” black box “. Found only the shell but not the chip itself “- AFP quoted French President Francois Hollande.

Investigators are waiting for the results of decoding the “black box” – a voice recorder. On a recording to be voices of pilots. Professionals very interested in the interval between 10.30 and 10.31 am. After this time the pilots stopped communicating. The sharp decline began at 10.30. 10.48 A plane crashed into a mountainside. 18 minutes aboard fell by 26 thousand. Feet (8 th. Meters).

Events in the cockpit between 10.30 and 10.31 – are important and may give a clue to the mystery of the crash, told the press the Minister of Environment and Transport of France Segolene Royal.

Later in the afternoon the representatives of the Bureau of analysis and investigation of accidents in the transport of France said that we could get the record. “We were able to extract audio, – said the representative of the Bureau at a press conference, reports AP. – Who will take work on deciphering the voices and sounds from the record. ” He added that the analysis of the records would be held “in a matter of days.”

In Finland believe that the pilots could lose consciousness. This is a local television and radio Yle head of the aviation department of the Transportation Security Agency of Finland Pekka Henttu. He claims that he is aware of the results of the voice recorder. Henttu not explained what is heard on the recorder, but said that, in his opinion, the pilots could be unconscious. He added that probably the pilots regained consciousness and tried to take steps to climb. French investigators and officials have not commented on this assumption.

Guide German airline Lufthansa, which owns loukoster Germanwings, provided interim data on nationality of those killed in the crash.

On board were 144 passengers including two babies, and six crew members. While that list is not complete. It is known that on board were citizens of Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Holland, Mexico, Denmark, Belgium, Israel, Australia, Argentina, Venezuela, Iran, Japan and the United States. Some had dual citizenship.

According to the Germanwings, Thomas Winkelmann, the crash killed at least 72 German 35 Spaniards and two Americans.

In this case, the government of Spain announced the deaths of 51 of its citizens.

Two Iranians flying to Dusseldorf, were journalists, the official Iranian news agency IRNA. They came to Barcelona to maintain broadcast from the football match between the Spanish team “Barcelona” and “Real”.

The Englishwoman Marina Lopez-Belio with 7-month-old son Julian flew home from Spain. She went to a relative’s funeral, told her husband. The woman wanted to go back to the UK as soon as possible, so she bought a return ticket through Germany.

Another Englishman, 28-year-old Paul Bramley studied in Spain and flew to Dyusseldovrf to meet his mother.

US citizens were mother and daughter. Woman – Yvonne Sel’kov of Virginia worked with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which, in particular, is the card for the Pentagon. This agency AP source said on condition of anonymity. In the evening, the US State Department said the third States citizen, who also flew in Dusseldorf, reports AP. His name has not yet specified.

On Wednesday, the government buildings were lowered flags of Spain, one minute of silence in memory of those killed in the crash of the aircraft Airbus A320, the agency AP. Spain’s national parliament canceled its usual session.

Barcelona Liceu Opera House was silent for two minutes in memory of opera singers Oleg Bryzhaka and Maria Radner. They also died in the crash.

In the Spanish town of Llinars del Vallès, where they held a week before his death, 16 German schoolchildren served a memorial service. In the town of Haltern, from where they were born students, locals bring flowers and candles to the school. Today, there came a train that the second part of a group of German students prefer the plane.

The mayor of Seyne-les-Alpes, near which the plane crashed, Francis Hermit is preparing for the arrival of the victims’ relatives. In hotels few places, so local families offer their rooms to accommodate arriving. At the local grammar school created an improvised chapel.

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