153 of AF447 victims identified

Seventy percent of the victims of Air France Flight 447 have been identified, according to Investigators of the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie.

DNA examiniation of bodies retrieved in April resulted in 103 more passengers found and identified, in addition to the 50 who had been identified before the plane’s location had been pinpointed.

In France, Air France and Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer who built the A330 involved in the accident, are under investigation since last March for “manslaughter.”

The final report of judicial experts is due in June 2012.

Now we are going to see everyone jump on the pilots, and play the blame game. But these pilots were cleared to fly. In gathering up blame, the tragedy begins with the Airbus.

The manufacturer should require INTENSE training to include all possible situations a pilot might encounter while in flight. Certainly, with the computers running much of the show, they have all possibilities listed within their “brains.”

It is not enough to train a pilot to take off and land a monster like the A330.

And, of course, the operator, Air France, should stop rushing the process of training. Pilots flying a jet should simply not be mystified by anything that happens, because whatever happens, their training should have already covered it.

*snapshot from youtube