Pilots becoming overdependent on technology: coroner warns There were a number of factors that inhibited the ability of the pilots to flu the Airbus A330-200 that day, Mr Oakley concluded. The inquest at Northallerton, North Yorkshire was into the death of two men, Arthur Coakley, 61 structural design engineer from Whitby and Neil Warrier, 48 from London. Speaking after the inquest, Mr Coakley's widow, Patricia, said she had yet to receive an apology from Air France. "We are fighting for an apology, everyone deserves an apology but they are refusing to give it," said Mrs Coakley. I spoke to Air France's lawyer and he ignored it. That's all we want, an apology. It's four years and four months to the day exactly since it happened. The first of the month is really difficult and we always relive the exact time my son phoned and asked which plane he was on. An investigation in the aftermath of the crash was hindered by the difficulty in finding the wreckage. It took two years to find the aircraft's black boxes, which were not recovered until May 2011. Investigators concluded that the plane had crashed because of mechanical failure in which the pitot tubes were obstructed by ice particles. This in turn caused the autopilot to disconnect. The inability of the crew to react led to the plane stalling before plunging into the sea.