article_snippet: According to the European Air Safety Agency, a safety system designed to protect the Germanwings jet reacted to incorrect data due to a faulty sensor.
article_snippet: In response, The Germanwings Airbus created a ‘temporary revision’ to all of the aircraft's flight manuals.
article_snippet: The EASA determined that the Lufthansa aircraft's Angle of Attack probes got blocked while flying between Bilbao and Munich.
article_snippet: The EASA warned that in such a situation 'the flight control laws order a continuous nose down pitch rate that, in a worst case scenario, cannot be stopped with backward sidestick inputs, even in the full backward position.'
article_snippet: the European Air Safety Agency added: 'This condition, if not corrected, could result in loss of control of the aeroplane.'
article_snippet: Germanwings today confirmed that today's downed aircraft underwent a major inspection at Lufthansa in summer 2013 while it was last checked yesterday.
article_snippet: Experts said today's downed aircraft would have been nearing the end of today's downed aircraft commercial life after more than 24 years of service.