Canadian investigators announced Wednesday they had found no "significant anomalies" in the mechanical systems of an Air France jet, Flight 358, that crash-landed at Toronto Airport in August.
All 297 passengers and 12 crew escaped from the Airbus A340-313 after it skidded off the end of a runway at Toronto Airport on August 2 before bursting into flames.
Transport Safety Board lead investigator Real Levasseur said a week after the accident that the massive jet was too high on its approach and touched down too far along the rain-soaked runway before overshooting, and skidding off into a ravine where it burst into flames.
"To date, investigators have not found significant anomalies of the aircraft systems. Review of digital flight data recorder data (DFDR) has not revealed any system troubles or malfunctions," the board said in a statement Wednesday.
"Based on a physical examination of the wreckage combined with a follow-up detailed DFDR review of parameters, no problems were detected with the flight controls, spoilers, tires and brakes, or thrust reversers," the statement said.
"The flight controls functioned as expected, spoilers were deployed on touchdown, the tires and braking system worked as per design, and the thrust reversers were found in the deployed position."
The aircraft also landed with 7,500 kilograms of fuel, investigators said.
The flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in France to Toronto Airport had been "uneventful" and at 3:56 pm (1956 GMT) August 2 was cleared for landing on runway 24L with the co-pilot at the controls.
During the descent, the crew requested and received radar vectors twice from air traffic controlers to avoid thunderstorms, investigators said.
Two crew members, including the pilot, and nine passengers, were seriously injured while evacuating the aircraft after it crashed into a ravine near a busy highway.
A fire that started outside of the plane, fed by fuel, quickly engulfed the jet and eventually destroyed most of its fuselage, officials said.
Investigators will continue their analysis of the crash, looking at human, mechanical and environmental factors to determine the cause of the accident, officials said