http://www.amazon.com/Black-Box-Reco.../dp/0688158927
highly recommend this book. it's a voyeurs delight. i hate people that slow down to stare at accidents on the freeway but couldn't put this down. i guess i'm inconsistent, huh?
anyhoo, if you pick it up there's a transcript of a flight from panama to somewhere in s. america where the failure suspected in the air france flight occurred. faulty air speed data. except it was caused by the crew that cleans the plane failing to remove tape covering the pitot tubes after they washed it. instead of ice buildup.
after that, they required the use of tape thats a different color from the plane.
the flight where the pilot starts humming a nursery rhyme just before impact was sadder than the ones where it's just (expletive deleted).