He noted that the EASA was not reacting to the results of the investigation into the June 1 crash, in which 228 people died, because it has not yet reached any conclusions.

The agency was already looking into the functioning of Pitot tubes before the accident, Hoeltgen noted.

Airbus speaker Schaffrath said: 'We know that there were problems with the air speed measurement before the crash of the Air France plane. But we also know that this problem was not the only cause of the crash.'

Schaffrath said most Airbus long-haul planes are equipped with the Goodrich probes and that the recommendation concerns only about 200 of 1,000 Airbus A330s and A340s being flown commercially.