Flight 447 Air France – Brazil to France 228 lost
Most of you have probably heard by now about the Air France Flight 447 flying from Brazil to France was reported missing earlier. With 228 aboard including 216 passengers and 12 crew members the Airbus A330-200 left Rio de Janeiro airport at 7pm yesterday (May31st). Recent reports have not yet confirmed that flight 446 has crashed in the Atlantic Ocean although they are presuming it to be a loss at sea.
Last week I was on two flights using Air France on an Airbus flying from New York to Paris. The Airbus is a large capacity plane a large body and center aisle seating of 4 in coach. The plane is a Extended-range Twin-engine plane that falls under the ETOP standard of long distance flyers competing with such aircraft as the Boeing 767-300ER. The A330 has had a good safety records with no passenger deaths until now. 7 crew members died during test flights during the 1990’s.
You can find a video clip of a news briefing from a UK website here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/01/air-france-crash-a330-brazil
We would like to send our sincere condolences to the family and friends of flight 447 and pray for any survivors. Please feel free to leave any comments.
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