Brazil's air force confirmed the plane was missing and said a search and rescue mission was under way near the island of Fernando de Noronha.
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If that is where the search is, the plane apparently didn't get very far in its flight.
Posted on 06/01/2009 3:50:07 AM PDT by rdl6989
(CNN) -- A French passenger aircraft carrying 228 people has disappeared off the coast of Brazil, airline officials say. A file photo shows an Air France jet on take off. Some 228 passengers are aboard the missing aircraft.
A file photo shows an Air France jet on take off. Some 228 passengers are aboard the missing aircraft.
Air France told CNN the jet was traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris when contact was lost.
The airline said flight AF447 was carrying 216 passengers in addition to a crew of 12. The plane is listed as an Airbus A330.
State radio reported a crisis center was being set up at Charles de Gaulle where the plane had been due to land at 11.15 a.m. local time.
Reports said an air force search and rescue operation was underway around the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, 365 kilometers (226 miles) off the mainland.
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The search is near fernando de noronha,brazil. That’s an island over 300 miles off the coast. Extremely unlikely that fuel or weather is a factor as that’s only about 2 hours into the flight and well into the cruise phase. The lack of communication means whatever happened was probably sudden.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8076848.stm
Page last updated at 11:01 GMT, Monday, 1 June 2009 12:01 UK
“French plane lost over Atlantic”
SNIPPET: “Brazilian air force spokesman Col Henry Munhoz told Brazilian TV it had failed to be picked up by radar on the Cape Verde Islands on its way across the Atlantic.
“Air Force planes left Fernando de Noronha and are flying towards Europe to start the search for the missing plane,” he said.
Flight AF 447 left Rio at 1900 local time (2200 GMT) on Sunday. It had 216 passengers and 12 crew on board, including three pilots.”
An official with the French government’s transport agency said contact with the plane was lost at 0220 GMT Monday (10:20 p.m. EDT Sunday). The official was not authorized to be named according to agency policy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523701,00.html
According France 2, at 3.30 AM (French time), the pilot was in conversation with their company and was reporting hard turbulance and the conversation was cut off
Thanks. That’s the first I’ve heard about turbulence in this.
That’s scary.
Brazil's air force confirmed the plane was missing and said a search and rescue mission was under way near the island of Fernando de Noronha.
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If that is where the search is, the plane apparently didn't get very far in its flight.
Thank you LikeLight.
Here’s a link on Airliners.Net regarding this incident (ongoing thread discussion):
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4429304/
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Off the coast of South America.
That time is now in dispute.
My son was on an Air France just yesterday. USA to Paris, to Italy with 20 other college students. My prayers for the fallen passengers.
The Telegraph says 231 on board.
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