Bird Strike Damage Led To Air France A350 Airspeed Incident, BEA Says

Airbus A350
Credit: S. Ramadier/Airbus
LYON—Investigators at France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) say insufficient radome maintenance after a bird strike probably caused airspeeds to become unreliable on an Air France-operated Airbus A350, as the radome collapsed and generated a particularly high...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.  

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