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Old 1st June 2009, 07:59 PM
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Default Air France 447

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8076848.stm

story will evolve over next few hours

- AF447 seems to be A332 (per timetable)
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Old 1st June 2009, 08:12 PM
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"Air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A330 at 6am GMT after it took off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.

It was due to land in the French capital at 9.10am GMT.

Airport authorities have set up a 'crisis cell' at Charles de Gaulle.

The people on board the jet are 216 passengers and 12 crew."

Not looking good..............
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Old 1st June 2009, 09:14 PM
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CNN reporting a/c involved is F-GZCP
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Sky UK reporting that AF have "lost all hope" of finding the plane (source: french radio).

Brazilian air force and army is out looking.

EDIT: Crisis centre is setup at CDG.

216 pax + 12 crew.

french government say that the plane would have run out of fuel by now, so its pretty much gone. (transport ministry).

search has begun along the route.

terrorism has not been ruled out.

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reuters reporting that at 1:30GMT it disappeared off Brazil radar.

edit3:

from airliners.net :"In Brazil the news say that there is little hope. The plane got caught in heavy turbulence near Fernando de Noronha island."
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Old 1st June 2009, 09:32 PM
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Does not sound good at all.
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Old 1st June 2009, 09:37 PM
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Reports surfacing that the pilots were talking to company or ATC about severe turbulence shortly before communication was cut off. It seems that weather (turbulence, t-storms) are being raised as potential first clues.

Whatever the case, this is scary stuff. Such a seemingly instantaneous accident like this is a rather rare thing...
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AF: Plane sent message that plane had electrical short circuit after severe turbulence.

Sky UK and pilot they are interviewing are suggesting thunderstorm/lightning strike.
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This ACARS transmission would appear to confirm the registration of the aircraft involved.

ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: F-GZCP [Airbus A332]
Message label: _ Block id: 0 Msg no: S72A
Flight id: AF0447 [GIG-CDG] [Air France]
----------------------------------------------------------[ 01/06/2009 00:53 ]-
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from airliners.net again: "Last report says the plane was in the middle of a thunderstorm and an automated message was sent indicating an electrical failure."

Spanish airforce is searching around Africa
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what is it with AF of late..
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