France - Air France Plane from Rio to Paris Goes Missing Over Atlantic, 1 June 2009

[SuziQ]

The below linked flight originated from Paris and crashed in the ocean as well. Aprox 154 soles lost.

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[fortytwo]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/02/air.france.report/index.html

(CNN) -- The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced Thursday.

"The plane went straight down ... towards the surface of the water, very very fast," air accident investigator Alain Bouillard said.

 

[JBean]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/02/air.france.report/index.html

that is big news.

 

[Paintr]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8130989.stm

French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air.

They said they reached that conclusion after examining the plane's wreckage.


http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/02/air.france.report/?iref=mpstoryview

The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced Thursday.


"The plane went straight down ... towards the surface of the water, very very fast," air accident investigator Alain Bouillard said


http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL286683820090702

Air France plane intact when crashed into Atlantic
* No need to ground Airbus A330 fleet

* Investigators to search for black box until July 10

 

[Paintr]

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=997401&lang=eng_news

Brazil officials say they counted a body twice and lowered to 50 the number of victims recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean several weeks ago.
Authorities say the most recent human remains recovered belong to a victim who had already been counted, bringing down the number of bodies recovered from 51.

 

[Paintr]

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/07/09/09/air-france-crash-debris-en-route-french-lab-airbus


TOULOUSE, France - Hundreds of pieces of debris from the mid-Atlantic crash of Air France flight 447 are being shipped from Brazil to a defence ministry laboratory in France, planemaker Airbus said Thursday.


.......


Brazil's military called off the search for bodies and debris from the Air France jet late last month.

The search for the plane's black boxes is to continue until Saturday using acoustic tracking equipment. It will continue after that with underwater robots.

 

[Texas Mist]

PARIS (AP) - The French government has announced plans for a fourth search for the flight recorders of an Air France jetliner that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris 18 months ago.

http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13568495

 

[Dark Knight]

PARIS (Reuters) – Deep sea search parties have found one of two flight data recorders from an Air France plane that crashed off the coast of Brazil in 2009, investigators said on Sunday, reviving hopes of understanding what caused the crash.


French investigators said in a statement the flight data recorder, or black box, had been hauled up to the deck of a search boat.


The Airbus A330-200 plane plunged into the Atlantic off the northeast coast of Brazil en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro in June 2009, killing all 228 passengers and crew on board after the flight hit stormy weather.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110501/wl_nm/us_france_brazil_crash

This is amazing! I never thought they'd be able to find it.

 

[wfgodot]

Here's CNN's take on matters, with all sorts of pictures, video, links, etc.

Crucial 'memory unit' from 2009 Air France crash recovered

(CNN) -- The memory unit that may tell why an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic nearly two years ago was recovered from the bottom of the ocean Sunday, France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) said.

A remote-controlled submarine, known as the Remora 6000, located the memory unit Sunday morning and it was lifted on board the search ship Ile de Sein six hours later, the Paris-based BEA said.
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much more at link

 

[LadyL]

so glad they found it

I, too, thought it was gone forever

maybe this will put the conspiracy theories to rest ... or maybe this will uncover proof of them :waitasec:

 

[peeples]

Wat theories Lady L?

 

[panthera]

Amazing, and very good news, indeed!

 

[blue_the_puppy]

wow, that is great news after nearly 2 years of searching. i hope they are able to get something, anything out of it.

 

[Truthful Lies]

Wat theories Lady L?

That it could have been terrorist related, etc. The bomb theory was thrown out early on, but still. I actually read everything I could find on the case not even a week ago...so glad they have found one of them, at least!!!

 

[Truthful Lies]

No info on whether info recoverable, but article on the cockpit voice recorder that was recovered:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/03/france.jet.crash/index.html?hpt=T2

(Date is today and different from article on 5/1)

Just thought I'd post.

 

[Truthful Lies]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/16/france.jet.crash/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
They've recovered the data and last two hours of cockpit convo.

"Investigators trying to determine why an Air France plane crashed mysteriously two years ago have recovered the complete contents of the flight data recorder and the last two hours of cockpit conversation, they announced Monday."

 

[blue_the_puppy]

that is very good news.

 

[Truthful Lies]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43140006/ns/travel-news/

"Black box reveals final minutes of flight 447: Recordings show pilot wasn't in cockpit when plane lost speed, German paper reports"

 

[scandi]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43140006/ns/travel-news/

"Black box reveals final minutes of flight 447: Recordings show pilot wasn't in cockpit when plane lost speed, German paper reports"

Hi, Would that mean it was pilot error then?

 

[Trino]

Hi, Would that mean it was pilot error then?

Not exactly.

" Der Spiegel reports that a combination of human and technical errors may be to blame. The plane was in the midst of a treacherous storm that froze its speed sensors, a critical instrument for determining and maintaining flight speed. In such situations, a pilot must maintain an exact speed or the plane will stall."

"The paper also suggested a computer could have been responsible for the plane's final, fatal maneuver."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43140006/ns/travel-news/