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Air France pilots told not to fly Airbus jets after Brazil crash (Charles Bremner, 6/09/09, Times of London)

A pilots union called on Air France crew today to refuse to fly long-range Airbus jets until the airline replaced unreliable speed sensors that are believed to have led to the crash of Flight 447 off Brazil last week.

“To prevent a repeat of this disaster . . . we call on flight deck and cabin crew to refuse all flights aboard the A330 and A340 series which have not been modified,” said Alter, a union to which 10 per cent of the airline’s crew belong.