Air France 447: Final report on what brought airliner down

July 5, 2012 5:53 AM

French authorities are releasing their final report on the crash of Air France flight 447, which disappeared off the coast of Brazil in June of 2009. Expert analysis of the reported cockpit transcripts point to a perfect storm of problems, and some say there was another factor: the design of the Airbus cockpit. CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports.

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