Air France Airbus Carrying 228 Missing Over Atlantic Ocean

By: carolpadovezi

Rio de Janeiro : Brazil | 6 months ago

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Brazil immediately began a search mission off its northeastern coast.

Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members, company spokeswoman Brigitte Barrand said. The flight left Rio on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time.

The plane disappeared about 190 miles (300 kilometers) northeast of the coastal Brazilian city of Natal, near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, a Brazilian air force spokesman said. The air force began a search began Monday morning near Fernando de Noronha, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with air force policy.

The Airbus A330-200 sent automatic messages signaling equipment failure as it hit turbulence early in its 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle airport in Paris, Air France CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told a news conference.

We are waiting now for more news, but Airfrance already admited that Airplane fell.

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