The 16 bodies analyzed to this day of the passengers of the Airbus 330-200 that fell in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1st with 228 people on board have not been found with burn marks, according to the Brazilian forensic team in charge of the autopsy. This new data would discard the one of theories stating that the Air France plane might have exploded.

Also, the majority of the bodies were naked due to the force of the wind, which would have torn their clothing. These discoveries strengthen the hypothesis that the plane could have disintegrated in mid air before reaching the ocean, which goes against what the European aeronautical company Airbus says.

Fabrice Brégier, general director of Airbus, has assured that his planes are "safe," after the doubts that arose over the possible involvement of the speed sensors in the accident. The remains found in the Atlantic and the automatic messages sent to the Air France base have opened new paths of investigation.

The number two European constructor has considered the articles published in France "irresponsible," which point to failures in the speed sensors as cause of the accident. "In this phase of the investigation, there is no relationship between the Air France plane accident and a device weakness."

The words of the general director of Airbus arrive after the theory that the plane disintegrated in the middle of a storm is gaining force due to the evidence found by the teams of experts. "Our planes are safe. We affirm it, the European Air Security Agency (EASA) affirms it, our clients affirm it," Brégier reiterated in an interview.

This reaction, the first of an Airbus director, is in consonance with the one shown by the Office of Investigations and Analysis (BEA), which is responsible for the research, and by Air France, owner of the plane. While BEA reiterated that "there is no established relationship between the sensors and the cause of the accident," the general director of Air France, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, said he is not "convinced" that this failure might have caused the catastrophe.

Brégier recognized that the plane registered "inconsistencies in the measured velocity" but he has signalled out that "now the reason has to be defined." In case the investigation were to demonstrate the involvement of the speed sensors, the general director has affirmed that he will take "the necessary measures."

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