French investigators say speed sensors not cause of Flight 447 crash, plane hit water intact

LE BOURGET, France — Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.

French investigators say speed sensors not direct cause of Air France Flight 447 crash

LE BOURGET, France — A French investigator says speed sensors were a factor but were not the cause of the crash of Air France flight 447.

French: Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight, fell to sea vertically

LE BOURGET, France — A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean.

French investigators to present first Flight 447 crash findings, as black box signals fade

LE BOURGET, France — French investigators on Thursday will present their initial findings into what caused Air France Flight 447 to drop out of the sky in the middle of the Atlantic a month ago, prompting one of history’s most challenging plane crash investigations.