Autopilot 'had stopped' on AF 447

Jun 6th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English

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Autopilot 'had stopped' on AF 447 - Aljazeera.net

French crash investigators have said that the autopilot on the Air France flight that disappeared over the Atlantic had cut out, a fault that had occurred on other A330 planes recently.

The head of France's air accident investigation agency said that the missing flight, which crashed on Monday, had suffered a series of electronic system failures in its final moments.

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