Air France defended the pilots of a jet which crashed in the Atlantic two years ago and said the stall warnings were misleading.
French investigators said earlier the crew of the Rio-Paris flight failed to discuss repeated warnings the aircraft had stalled, or lost lift, and failed to follow textbook procedures.
Air France said there were multiple probable factors behind the loss of an Airbus with all 228 people on board and that a chain of events had started with speed data problems.
"After the manoeuvres carried out by the crew in deteriorated and destabilising piloting conditions, the aircraft stalled at high altitude, could not be recovered and struck the surface of the Atlantic Ocean at high speed," it said in statement.
"It should be noted that the misleading stopping and starting of the stall warning alarm, contradicting the actual state of the aircraft, greatly contributed to the crew's difficulty in analysing the situation."
It said investigators had not found any reason to question the crew's technical skills.
(Reuters)
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