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The mystery of what took down Air France Flight 447 over the Atlantic, killing all 228 on board, has haunted investigators for two years. Now aviation expert Clive Irving reconstructs a timeline ...
This much is known about Air France Flight 447, which crashed on a routine overnight flight between Brazil and Paris on May 31, 2009: The plane was flying at 35,000 feet when it encountered ...
Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 725 km (450 miles) northeast of Brazil at about 2:30 a.m. local time, Monday, June 1.
What happened to Air France Flight 447?More than two years after the crash that took 228 lives, a new interim report from France's air accident investigation agency (BEA), based on cockpit voice ...
Updated: July 5, 2012 Air France Flight 447 went down on June 1, 2009, in a heavy high-altitude thunderstorm en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro with 228 passengers.</p> <p>A few days after the ...
Air France issued a statement with details about the monitors hours after the French agency investigating the disaster of Flight 447 said the instruments were not replaced on that aircraft — an ...
Air France Flight 447’s flight recordings show the aircraft slowed to a stall after its airspeed sensors failed while the two co-pilots were at the controls, two people with knowledge of the ...
Home; Digest; Features The loss of Air France Flight 447. How can an airliner simply disappear in midflight?
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Air France flight 447 may have stalled at 35,000 feet as it was slowing down to enter a turbulent storm over the Atlantic, leading to its crash. According to a Paris ...
Air France 447 crash update: the Airbus 330, like other airliners, carried two "black boxes" (actually bright red) that may provide answers to the mystery of why the plane was lost. Top points ...
The crash of Air France Flight 447 stumped investigators for more than two years and even now there are some unanswered questions. What lessons can the aviation industry take from this tragedy to ...
Since an Air France jet crashed off the coast of Brazil in 2009, some foreign regulators and airlines have moved much faster to advance technology. By Nicola Clark Pilots suspended cooperation ...