Air France Rio-Paris flight missing with 228
PARIS: An Air France plane on its way from Brazil to Paris has gone missing with 228 people on board, the airline said on Monday. ( Watch )
Its last known location was unclear. Brazilian television said the Brazilian air force had started a search mission over the Atlantic Ocean for the plane.
Flight AF 447 has 216 passengers and 12 crew on board. It left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time and was expected in Paris on Monday at 11:15 a.m. (0915 GMT).
"Air France regrets to announce that it is without news from flight AF 447, which was flying on the Rio de Janeiro - Paris Charles de Gaulle route and was scheduled to arrive at 11.15 a.m. today (0915 GMT)," an Air France spokesman said.
An Air France-KLM spokeswoman in Amsterdam said there had been no radio contact with the missing plane "for a while".
The plane was an Airbus 330-200, according to the Paris airports authority website. Air France said relatives of people travelling on board flight AF 447 were being taken care of in a special area of Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Any updates to any one??..228..huh!! Lets pray :(
Medias confirmed its CRashed in Atlantic.. Senegal coast.
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panda, you know someone in that flight?:-(
usapa na...
330-200 OH NO!
sigh....so sad...
usapa na...
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Have a nice day,
MVP
Missing?? or another Bermuda Triangle mystery?
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Have a nice day,
MVP
my prayers to the passengers and crews onboard the missing plane and their relatives...
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy....Martin Luther King
Missing French jet hits turbulence over Atlantic
A missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into lightning and strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Monday. Brazil began a search mission off its northeastern coast.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/brazil_plane
The A 330 -200 series aircraft had some electrical failure as per the Air France officials. Hijacking ruled out, possibility is accident -statement by a French Minister.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Missing-jet-probably-hit-by-lightning-Air-France/articleshow/4604424.cms
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