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    Pilots, technical fault led to Air France crash

    The final French aviation authority report into Air France flight 447 from Rio, which crashed over the Atlantic in June 2009 causing 228 deaths was released Thursday July 5. The report highlights faults with the Airbus 330's air-speed sensors which confused the pilots. 

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    1. FILE - In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo shows workers unloading debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife,
    2. Relatives of victims of the 2009 Air France flight 447 accident look at a plaque in memory of the passengers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. In the past week, French authorities ha
    3. FILE - In this June 14, 2009 file photo, workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight 447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazi
    4. FILE - This Monday, June 8, 2009 file photo released by Brazil's Air Force shows Brazil's Navy sailors recovering debris from the missing Air France jet at the Atlantic Ocean. Officials say fl
    5. Members of the Brazilian association of AF447 victims arrive to speak with the press after a meeting with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday Aug. 26, 2011
    6. FILE - In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo shows workers unloading debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife,
    7. This undated BW photo provided Monday April 4, 2011 by France
    8. This undated black and white photo provided Monday April 4, 2011 by France
    9. This undated black and white photo provided Monday April 4, 2011 by France's air accident investigation agency, the BEA, shows an engine of the flight AF447. All 228 people aboard the plane were k
    10. This photo provided Tuesday May 3, 2011 by France's air accident investigation agency, the BEA, shows the flight data recorder from the 2009 Air France flight that went down in the mid-Atlantic. F
    11. This photo provided Tuesday May 3, 2011 by France

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