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"Air France jet vanishes off Brazilian coast"
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Air France jet vanishes off Brazilian coast
An Air France plane missing over the Atlantic with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems before it lost contact, the airline said Monday.
The Airbus A330-200 jet had experienced turbulence during the 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, the spokesman said.
Brazil's air force has launched a search near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic Ocean, 365 km (226 miles) from Brazil's coast, a spokesman for the air force told CNN.
Two Brazilian squadrons are searching for the plane, although it disappeared after it left the country's radar space, said the officer, who declined to be named.
The flight, AF 447, took off shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday local time (6 p.m. Sunday ET) for the 11-hour flight, with 216 passengers and 12 crew members. It was scheduled to land in Paris at 11:15 a.m. local time (5:15 a.m. ET).
The last known contact with the plane was at 1:33 a.m. GMT (8:33 p.m. Sunday night ET), the Brazilian Air Force spokesman said.
Air France said it could not confirm reports of a short circuit on board the aircraft.
The airline said it "shared the emotion and the concern of the families concerned" adding that friends and relatives waiting at the airport would be taken to a special area.
A crisis center is being set up at Charles de Gaulle where the plane had been due to land at 11.15 a.m. local time.
Agence France-Presse quoted France's Environment Minister Jean Louis Borloo saying that it was extremely unlikely the plane had been hijacked.
"We are very worried," an aviation official told AFP. "The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago. It could be a transponder problem, but this kind of fault is very rare and the plane did not land when expected."
The Airbus 330 is a twin-engine long-range aircraft introduced into commercial aviation in the 1990s.
Transport analyst Kieran Daly told CNN that the lack of communication with the aircraft "does suggest it was something serious and catastrophic."
He said the aircraft involved is believed to be one delivered to Air France in April 2005.
"It is an extremely young fleet by aviation standards," he said. "The A330 is state of the art with extremely reliable engines made by General Electric."
CNN air travel expert Richard Quest says the plane, a stalwart of trans-Atlantic routes, has an impeccable safety record.
"It has very good range, and is extremely popular with airlines because of its versatility," he said.
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My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the passengers. It will be very hard t cope with the fact it just upped and "vanished". I hope for all those involved they can find closure and at least get a straight answer at what happened. God bless and for real 113trice go F$%k yourself on being first dude, their has been lives lost here fool.
weird.
this is tragic
god bless & my prayers go out to the families of those lost on the A330-200.
sucks
My thoughts and prayers are with the families involved.
my thoughts are with the families, hope everything becomes clear.
wow , thats tragic =(
That is so so sad. God bless all on board!
Sounds like a LOST episode
Awful
My heart goes out to those people and their families…
Don't you even dare to say Headline of the Weak try to have some respect … weak is fucking out of place
That's so sad
Wow, that's so terrifying. This is why I'm afraid to fly, even though I know stuff like this almost never happens : /
So scary, It totally sounds like LOST!! weirrddd!!
So sad.
Why is this headline of the weak fucker. You have absolutely no conscience. Only an immature 31 year old z-list blogger would be this insensitive. Fuck off and grow the fuck up.
It's a tragedy, not "weak".
Sometimes Mario you are an insensitive putz
a bit shocking and strange. I get goose bumps just thinking about this situation. My thoughts go out to all involved.
Air France already said they have no hope to find the plane.
=/
So sad.
omg.. so scary
LOST Season 6?
Sounds like LOST…….freaky!!!!
Re: BigFan – yeah, HOW SCARY. this sounds exactly like LOST.. omg
That's tragic.
What a horrible headline you chose for this one Perez!
wow how sad, it reminds me of the people that get lost in cruises in bermuda
Piggez go finger yourself you lousy fuck-face. CHANGE THE HEADLINE
What does this have to do with celebrities? Boring! Perez is Fat
this story is so so sad, those poor people =(
u seriously need to change the title…its a total tragedy
look for the ISLAND
omg that's horrible. My cousin is going to be using Air France in 2 days, hope it doesn't happen again.
I feel bad for the people on the plane and their families.
hope if ends well…
Shitty title Perez…seriously?? Nice way to show respect for the 228 people currently lost and the family members trying to figure out what happened.
113trice….you're an ass too.
it's like lost,
only real, that's so sad
This is one of the reasons i have plane-phobia, specially traveling overseas, no matter how much "we have advanced" in technology and science, things like this happen all the time. And is extremely sad.
I am shocked that the libitards and Perez have not blamed Prejean or George Bush for this accident. That is typical libitard thought!
HOW IS THIS HEADLINE OF THE WEAK??
MY FAMILY KNOWS TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE INSITE THAT PLANE AND THE ENTIRE LIST IS YET TO COME OUT!
SHOW SOME COMPASSION PEREZ THIS IS SOME SERIOUS SHIT!
Omg, everybody is talking about that in Reunion Island..
the french minister of environment said that if they don't find the plane, it will mean that the plane has crashed, or exploded cause the plane wouldn't have more kerozen for flying.. also the plane has been touched by a flash of lighting.
so i hope it will land tonight..
In the plane there are 80 Brazilian, 73 French, 18 German, 9 Italian, 6 American, 5 Chineese, 4 Hungarian, 2 Spanish, 2 British, 2 Moroccan, 2 Irish also there are an Angolan, an Argentine, a Belgian, an Icelander, a Norwegian, a Pole, a Romanian, a Russian, a Slovak, a Swede, a Turk, a Filipino and a Swiss. 126 men, 82 women, 7 kids, 1 baby and 12 crew members.
PS: on the picture, a Boeing 777 is taking off in Reunion Island, not in Brazil. Anyway, now i'm sure Air france plane's tickets will be cheaper in my island because few people will take this company here now.. and there's only Air france, Air Austral and Air Mauritus in Reunion Island.
Sad and scary =(
Prayers for the victims and their surviving families.
Very sad.
once again HOW YOU FUCKING DARE TO SAY HEADLINE OF THE WEAK … i just can't believe it … pathetic blogger, i used to have fun here i just do not have any more respect for you anymore
this is awful !
Cant believe it can still happen ! scaryyy
im french and everyone is speaking about it now in France. Its soo sadd to see people gathered waiting for more information at the airport crying the lost of their family and friends.
r.i.p!
now that is a truly heart wrenching story. fact is they will most likely never find this plane, not 1 could have survived what seems to be the plane crashed into the ocean. I feel so horrible for all involved. My prayers that some miracle will be discovered and the people will have survived. my husband and 2 year old daughter traveled to the other side of the globe today and stories like this make you so nervous. Truly an awful tragedy.
What a sad sad situation for those families. My thoughts and prayers and heart goes out to all of them. It's unfortunate there've been so many airline incidents this year.
Very, very sad and disturbing news.
FUK! i'm supposed to fly with air france very soon……this story is strange and weird
I understand Perez that you have no education and come from a poor family but call it headline of the weak is ofensive.This is real life and not enterteinment.Shame on you.
My thoughts and prayers are with all of these families.
TRAGIC!! SCARY!!
Re: drica – Humor! In the process of belittling Perez's "lack of an education," you managed to misspell entertainment and offensive. Your intimidation tactics leave something to be desired.
actually the plane drown because of the thunder…and btw you can't "lose a plan" because there is GPS and all kind of satellite devices which allow you to find it …they just wanted to take some time to announce that everyone in it was dead so the families could handle it "better" …deeply sad story thoughts & prayers to the families !
headline of the weak? u have no respect for all the passengers on board u moron, wish it was u who was on the plane
I heard they found them!
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR THE FAMILIES. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL.