Air France regrets to announce the disappearance of flight AF 447 to dothe pairing Rio de Janeiro - Paris-Charles de Gaulle, expected arrivalthis morning at 11.10 am local, as just announced to the press theDirector General of Air France, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon.
The aircraft type Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCP, left Rio on 31 May at 19h03 local time (00h03 GMT).
The aircraft went through a thunderstorm with strong turbulence at 2 am(universal time) or 4:00 GMT. An automated message was received at 2:14(4:14 GMT) indicating a failure of electrical system in a remote areaof the coast.
All civilian air traffic controlBrazilian, African, Spanish and french have tried in vain to makecontact with the flight AF447. The french military air traffic controltried to detect the aircraft without success.
216 passengers are on board 126 men, 82 women, 7 children and a baby. |
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