French aviation experts on crash of Air Algerie plane that crashed in Mali with 116 on board

Описание: (7 Aug 2014) French investigators trying to pinpoint the cause of the Air Algerie crash in northern Mali said on Thursday that the black box that recorded conversations between the pilots was unreadable.
Remi Jouty, president of France's National Aviation Safety Agency, said some of the plane's recording devices allowed investigators to trace its fast descent through stormy weather, but the probe had not yet excluded other possible causes, including error or deliberate actions in the crash.
"We have launched several actions to try and see if we are able to get some information from these magnetic tape recordings. Unfortunately it is too early to say if there is any hope for results," he told reporters, standing alongside his Malian counterpart, N'Faly Cisse.
All 116 people, nearly half of them French, were killed when the plane crashed on July 24.
The passenger list also included other Europeans, Canadians and Africans. The six crew members were Spanish.
Jouty said Thursday it wasn't clear why - or when during the flight - the recorder malfunctioned on the MD-83.


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