EgyptAir: the Airbus A320 would have asked three times in emergencies 24 hours before the crash – Le Figaro

VIDEO – According to France 3, the Airbus was forced to turn around and ask himself at least three times during the 24 hours preceding the crash. The French navy spotted the signal of one of the flight recorders of the Paris-Cairo Egyptian company that crashed in Wed May 19

the plane of the drama suffered from a mysterious breakdown. Wednesday, France 3 said it had received reports that the Airbus A320 was forced to turn around and emergency landing at least three times during the 24 hours preceding the crash. According to the channel, warning systems signaling an anomaly on board expressed shortly after takeoff from three airports where Airbus had stopped. These alert procedures have caused each time a technical audit on the ground which was negative since the device was able to take off again and continue his journey over the Mediterranean.

These technical data Acars reported by the system. This device records the coded messages between an aircraft and the ground, during a flight. This encrypted system would have detected several technical problems in the aircraft during the last rotation. We do not know yet the exact nature.

In addition, one of the two black boxes of the A320 EgyptAir disappeared between Paris and Cairo on May 19 have been detected in the Mediterranean. The plane was carrying 56 passengers, including 15 French, and 10 crew members. All are presumed dead. “The signal from a tag of a flight recorder has been detected by the company’s equipment Alseamar deployed on the Navy’s ship Laplace , confirmed in a statement the Director of the Office french surveys and analyzes (BEA), Rémi Jouty after an initial announcement of the Egyptian company. He also said that the research was carried out “in close coordination with the Egyptian authorities,” from “the analysis of radar data available.”

“A first step”

Although the detection of this signal represents fundamental progress after two weeks of research, the BEA stressed is only “a first step”. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, will have to wait another week before the arrival of another ship specially equipped to rise to the surface the flight recorders. However, the tags of the two recorders emit only 4-5 weeks in water before their batteries are exhausted. A race against time has begun.

“Pending DOS ship equipped to detect the black boxes deep water but most of robots capable of down to 6,000 meters to recover, there is no loss time since the Laplace tries to locate the meantime, “assured a source close to the investigation. The depth of the Mediterranean in the research sector, which cover a radius of approximately 65 kilometers, is 3,000 meters. The contents of the black box will be analyzed in Egypt if it is found intact, assured an investigator of air accidents in the private channel CBC. However, it will be sent abroad if it is in poor condition, he said. Investigators hope to find the causes of the tragedy by analyzing the data contained in this recorder.

The thesis of the technical incident takes over

The causes of the tragic accident remain mysterious. The day after the crash, the Egyptian government was inclined to the view of the attack. But so far, no claim has been broadcast. Today, the authorities favor the hypothesis of a technical failure.

Two US officials said an electronic sensor had detected some type of disturbance outside of the device, when, according to investigators, he began to lose the altitude. This disturbance may have been caused by a sudden and rapid breakup of the plane, but also have been caused by a mechanical failure or an accident. The revelation of alerts indicating three minutes before the crash, smoke, especially at the front of the device and malfunctions of the electronic systems manager flight controls came to support this thesis. However, nothing precludes the smoke is the result of arson.

Three French BEA investigators are currently dispatched to Cairo accompanied by an Airbus expert to participate in the investigation into the causes of the crash, two members of the BEA on board the Laplace .