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Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) [b] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France.On 1 June 2009, inconsistent airspeed indications and miscommunication led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330.
SEOUL/MONTREAL (Reuters) - As Air France pilots fought for control, an Airbus A330 passenger jet plummeted from 38,000 feet for four minutes, its engines running but its wings unable to seize ...
Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203 (registration F-GZCP) from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people on board lost contact with air traffic control while over the Atlantic Ocean, 300 km (190 mi; 160 nmi) north-east of the Brazilian city of Natal. [97] In the days following the crash only portions of the plane and 51 bodies were found.
AP File A French search team has pulled 75 more bodies from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447, which crashed en route to Paris on June 1,
Flight 447 vanished in pitch darkness during an equatorial storm en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, 2009. More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic ...
On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean and 228 people on broad were killed. Analysis of the black box indicated that the airplane was controlled by an inexperienced first officer who lifted the nose too high and induced a stall. [14]
AP File On Tuesday, a French judge ordered Air France to pay the families of the victims of flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1,
On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board. The causes of the crash were incorrect airspeed readings due to ice blocking the aircraft's pitot tubes and inappropriate control inputs by the crew.