Air France AF 447 Cockpit Voice Recorder found and retrieved – Transported to BEA:

BEA Preliminary Report after review of CVR and FDR May 27,2011:

https://www.jettimes.com/air-france-447-crash-prelim-report-pilot-missunderstanding-of-wrong-air-speed-indications/

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Update May 16, 2011

16 May 2011 briefing

 

 

Following operations to open, extract, clean and dry the memory cards from the flight recorders, BEA Safety Investigators were able to download the data over the weekend.

 

These operations were filmed and recorded in their entirety. This was done in the presence of two German investigators from BFU, an American investigator from NTSB, two British investigators from AAIB and two Brazilian investigators from CENIPA, as well as an officer from the French judicial police and a court expert.

 

These downloads gathered all of the data from the Flight Data recorder (FDR), as well as the whole recording of the last two hours of the flight from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).

In the framework of the safety investigation directed by the BEA, all of this data will now be subjected to detailed in-depth analysis.

 

This work will take several weeks, after which a further interim report will be written and then published during the summer.

 

Update May 10, 2011

The flight recorders will be transported to the BEA during the morning of Thursday 12 May 2011. A press briefing will be organised on the BEA’s premises at Le Bourget from 10 h to 12h.
At the briefing Jean-Paul Troadec, the director of the BEA, will be accompanied by Alain Bouillard, Investigator-in-Charge of the safety investigation and Christophe Menez, head of the engineering department.
Mr Philippe Vinogradoff, special representative to the AF 447 families of the victims will be present.
The representatives of the judicial authorities, will also be present at the press briefing. Mr. Jean-Claude Marin, Prosecutor in Paris Court, or his representative, Colonel François Daoust, head of the French forensic institute (IRCGN) and Xavier Mulot, head of the judicial investigation unit of the French Gendarmerie.

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Update May 9, 2011

The French Navy patrol boat La Capricieuse reached the search vessel the Ile de Sein on Saturday 7 May during the morning. It is currently sailing towards the port of Cayenne with the flight recorders, under judicial seal, on board. Also on board are the Investigator-in-Charge, an investigator from CENIPA, the Brazilian equivalent of the BEA, and an Officer of the French judicial police.

The patrol ship should reach Cayenne by the morning of Wednesday 11 May. The flight recorders will then be transported to the BEA by plane.

Recovery of airplane parts has continued over the past few days, with one engine and the avionics bay, containing onboard computers, having been raised.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engine

 

The avionics bay

 

The avionics bay

 

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Update: May 3, 2011

The investigation team localized and identified the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) at 21h50 UTC on Monday 2 May, 2011. It was raised and lifted on board the Ile de Sein by the Remora 6000 ROV at 02 h 40 UTC this morning, on Tuesday 3rd May, 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

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Update May 1, 2011:

Air France AF 447 Crash Survivable Memory Unit (CSMU) that contains the data has been found and recovered

Investigators and people impacted by the crash of Airbus AF 447 received great news today. The CSMU portion of the black box has been recovered and is on board the recovery ship. The hope is that all, if not most of, the data is recoverable and can aid investigators in determining the cause of the crash that took 228 lives.

From the BEA website May 1st, 2011:

The investigation team localized and identified the memory unit from the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) at 10 h UTC this morning. It was raised and lifted on board the ship Ile de Sein by the Remora 6000 ROV at 16h40 UTC.

 

 

 

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The Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile (BEA) announced earlier today that they found a portion of the AF 447 flight data recorder. The FDR was discovered on the first dive of the Remora 6000, an unmanned remote operated vehicle (ROV). The Remora is tethered to the cable vessel Ile de Sein operated by Alcatel-Lucent and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. Air France flight AF 447, from Brazil bound for Paris was an Airbus A330 registered as F-GZCP. Several items of the aircraft have been previously found. Today marks the first day discovering the flight data recorders. The recovery team is still looking for the Crash Survivable Memory Unit (CSMU) that contains the data.

The searches are continuing and a second dive is already underway.

 

Update from BEA: 29 April, 2011

The search for the CVR and the FDR memory unit are continuing, exploring the airplane debris field with the ROV. New parts have been identified, such as the Auxiliary Power Unit which is situated at the aft of the airplane.

 

The forward and aft parts of the airplane are broken apart and mixed up, which means that a time-consuming systematic search is required.

 

No lifting operations have yet been undertaken as priority has been given to the search for the flight recorders.