Air France Flight 447
Air France jet of Flight 447 'broke on impact'
July 02, 2009French 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 also found that the plane's speed sensors had been "a factor but not the cause"...
- Air France Replaces Speed Sensors in Long-Haul Airplanes
June 15, 2009A pilots' union official said Air France has replaced the air speed sensors on its entire fleet of long-haul A330 and A340 aircraft. An investigation into the crash of an Air France jet off the coast of Brazil has focused on the possibility that icing...
- A passenger missed Air France Flight 447 to die in car crash
June 11, 2009After narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler NBC reports that Johanna Ganthaler, from Italy, was on vacation in Brazil with her husband Kurt. She missed the Air France Flight 447 when they arrived late at the airport in Rio de Janerio....
- Air France Flight 447: Relatives of a victim join jet probe
June 11, 2009Relatives of a victim of the Air France crash have joined a manslaughter investigation as a plaintiff, in an effort to access files on the case. A lawyer for the family said that some of the relatives thought information was being withheld. The Paris...
- Air France Flight 447: Brazil to begin bodies ID
June 11, 2009The first 16 bodies recovered from the scene of the Air France crash in the Atlantic ocean have been flown to the Brazilian city of Recife. The bodies were taken to the city's mortuary, where the process of identification will be carried out. A French...
Search for Bodies from Air France Flight 447 Wreckage Continues
June 11, 2009By Laurel Bowman Off the coast of Brazil, search teams continue to hunt for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447. They have recovered 41 bodies so far, with 187 still not accounted for. The cause of the crash remains a mystery, but investigators are...
- Brazil Confirms Wreckage Belongs to Air France Flight 447June 02, 2009
By Brian Wagner Brazil's government has confirmed that wreckage found in the Atlantic Ocean belongs to the Air France flight that disappeared shortly after take-off late Sunday. Brazilian crews are still searching the area for bodies of the passengers...