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Vast search of Atlantic Ocean for Air France jet (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:49 PM PDT

A man, looking for information on the Airfrance flight 447 that was reported missing on its way between Rio de Janeiro and Paris, is escorted by airport employees to a private room at Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, June 01, 2009. The jet carrying 228 people, lost contact with air traffic controllers after running into lightning and strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Monday. Brazil began a search mission off its northeastern coast. (AP Photo/ Ricardo Moraes) ¶AP - An Air France jet with 228 people on a flight to Paris vanished over the Atlantic Ocean after flying into towering thunderstorms and sending an automated message that the electrical system had failed. A vast search began Monday, but all aboard were feared killed.

Analysts: Several factors involved in missing jet (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:32 PM PDT

Members of the Brazilian Pelican military squad prepare to departure from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, to take part in the search of an Air France jet that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean, Monday, June 1, 2009. Air France flight 447, carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms and disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. French President Nicolas Sarkozy told families of those aboard Monday that 'prospects of finding survivors are very small.' (AP Photo/Walbe, Correio do Estado)AP - The lightning and turbulence that may have hit an Air France jet flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris are rarely the cause of plane crashes, analysts say. But they note that rough weather may have triggered a series of malfunctions that led to the disappearance of the jetliner.

Timeline of disappearance of Air France jet (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 11:44 AM PDT

People look at the arrivals screen showing Air France flight AF447 as AP - Timeline of events surrounding the disappearance of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, according to Air France, Brazilian Air Force. All times in Brazilian local time:

A glance at lightning strikes in civil aviation (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 10:40 AM PDT

AP - Some details about lightning strikes in civil aviation:

Air France plane missing off Brazilian coast, feared lost (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 07:17 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - CARACAS, Venezuela — French and Brazilian military aircraft Monday searched the Atlantic Ocean for an Air France plane carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris that disappeared off the Brazilian coast after it encountered strong turbulence.

A glance at the Airbus A330-200 (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 06:47 AM PDT

AP - Some details about the Airbus A330-200 jets, after one disappeared Monday en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

Air France jet missing over Atlantic, 228 on board (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:50 AM PDT

FILE -- Undated file photo made available by Airbus, showing an Airbus A330-200 jetliner from the French company Air France. An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost contact with air traffic controllers over the Atlantic Ocean, an Air France official said Monday, June 1, 2009. Brazil immediately began a search mission off its northeastern coast. Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members, company spokeswoman Brigitte Barrand said. The plane disappeared about 186 miles (300 kilometers) northeast of the coastal Brazilian city of Natal, near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, an air force spokesman said. Brazil's air force said a search began Monday morning near Fernando de Noronha, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with Air Force policy. (AP Photo/Airbus)AP - An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost contact with air traffic controllers over the Atlantic Ocean, an Air France official said Monday. Brazil immediately began a search mission off its northeastern coast.

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