The last major incident involving an Air France plane was in July 2000 when one of its Concorde supersonic airliners crashes just after taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, bound for New York. </p><p>Barrand said the airline installed an information center at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for the families of those aboard.</p><p>"Air France regrets to announce that it is without news from Air France flight 447 flying from French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his "extreme worry" and sent the junior minister for transport, Dominique Bussereau, and Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo to Charles de Gaulle airport to monitor the situation.
An Airbus A330-200 carrying over 200 passengers lost radar contact off the coast of Brazil late last night. The flight was apparently reporting electrical problems experienced during turbulence on its route between Rio de Janeiro and Aircraft Accident description of the 01 JUN 2009 accident of a Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP ? at Atlantic Ocean. The airline told CNN the Airbus A330-200 jet was making the 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris when contact was lost. Brazil's air force launched a search near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha
The air force began a search began Monday morning near Fernando de Noronha, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with air force policy.</p><p>The region is about 1500 miles northeast of Rio.</p><p>An official with </p><p>Brazil's air force did not know where the aircraft disappeared, but a spokesman said it was searching near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha because if an accident had happened in Brazilian waters, it would be in that area. Two Brazilian Air Force planes were searching the waters about 300 kilometers northeast of the coastal city of Natal near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, a Brazilian air force spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity
AN AIR FRANCE PLANE FLYING FROM RIO DE JANEIRO to Paris has been reported missing. Shortly after 5 am Eastern time the airline announced that the Airbus 330-200 had lost contact with air traffic control and was overdue for its expected An Air France plane on its way from Brazil to Paris has gone missing with 228 people on board, the airline said on Monday. Its last known location was unclear. Brazilian television said the Brazilian air force had started a search New Zealand's source for Europe News on Stuff.co.nz.
Air France Flight Missing Over Atlantic. An Air France plane on its way from Brazil to Paris has disappeared from radar screens after reporting an electrical short following turbulence. The Airbus A330 is carrying 228 people. Posted by etstow at 08:16 AM | 1 COMMENT | permalink Status: user. MORE STORIES. Air France Flight Missing Over Atlantic (1 comments) Kansas abortion doctor shot dead at church (0 comments) Bankruptcy for GM (with Poll) (0 comments) . An Air France Airbus 330-200 flight from Brazil to Paris has gone "missing" over the Atlantic. The aircraft left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 pm local time and was expected in Paris on Monday at 11:15 am. but this late in, and with no contact, it's unlikely. The official word at the time of writing is that the flight is “missing” but we apologize in advance should the status change in the mean time. God speed for all those on board. More when we have it. Status: Preliminary. Date: 01 JUN 2009. Type: Airbus A330-203. Operator: Air France. Registration: F-GZCP ? C/n / msn: 660. First flight: 2005-02-25 (4 years 3 months). Engines: 2 General Electric CF6-80E1A3 An Air France Airbus A330- 200 on transatlantic flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport, RJ (GIG) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) went missing around the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, 365 kilometers (226 miles) off the mainland.
