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...Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Investigators into Air France flight 447’s deadly crash have failed to give enough weight to problems involving speed sensors, both before and since the accident, a French pilots’ union said. France’s BEA air-accident investigator and...
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Business Week
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...report said, according to the newspaper. Pilots' unions and some of the relatives of victims of June's crash have accused Air France and plane maker Airbus of ignoring longstanding problems with air speed monitors on its jets in the run-up to the June disaster. The...
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Independent Online
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...2 revealed on Tuesday evening. According to the report, the Serbian air controller made a mistake and instructed the Air France airplane to fly on a route already used by the El Al plane, so that the jets were on a collision course. The two planes were about...
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...Brazilian navy frigate crew recover wreckage from the Air France crash in June 2009. Air France jet encounters problems near where Airbus jet crashed earlier this yearFlight 445 encountered "severe turbulence" about 4 hours after takeoff on Nov. 29Flight 447...
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CNN
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...recorder. (Reuters: Brazilian Navy, file photo) New evidence has emerged that shows faulty equipment may have caused the Air France crash off the Brazilian coast this year. The plane took off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Paris, but flew into a thunderstorm...
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ABC Online
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...Brazilian authorities say they have used DNA to identify the last body found from the Air France jet crash in the mid-Atlantic that killed 228 people. Officials say the 50th body recovered was that of a non-Brazilian man, but they have not revealed his nationality...
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...suggests the equipment problems are more widespread than previously believed and could provide clues to the cause of the Air France crash that killed 228 people in June. Federal aviation officials say that on at least a dozen recent flights malfunctioning...
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Miami Herald
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...along the equator. SAO PAULO -- Brazilian authorities say they have used DNA to identify the last body found from the Air France jet crash in the mid-Atlantic that killed 228 people. Officials say the 50th body recovered was that of a non-Brazilian man, but...
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Miami Herald
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...issues about 4 hours into the flight. 216 passengers and 12 crew were on board. Brief summary of what's known so far - Air France 447 Missing, Presumed Crash - Heading to Paris From Rio de Janeiro. June 2 - debris is spotted a few hundred miles off the coast...
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( I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS MUSIC - PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE AUDIO) A tribute to the lives lost on the Air France Flight AF 447.
Brazil has ended the search for more bodies from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month, calling the task "impossible," but the search for the jet's flight recorders will go on. (June 27)
Eleven of the 50 bodies recovered from an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1st have been identified, Brazilian officials said on Sunday. According to a statement from a morgue in Brazil's northeastern city of Recife, ten of the victims were Brazilian (five men and five women) and one was a man whose nationality was not disclosed. Cleaning and disinfecting the corpses is a slow process. [Daniel Vila, Cemetery Manager]: "It takes a while to carry out this process (embalming) in each body and we cannot say precisely (how long it will take) because we don't know how long it will take to liberate the bodies." Air France's chief executive said the carrier would compensate the families of the victims through its insurers. The French military is using a mini-submarine to search the sea for the "black box" data and voice recorders which may offer clues to the cause of the crash.
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...Moraes) PARIS -- Air France will give about euro17,500 (US$24,000) as an advance to the families of the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, the company's chief executive said Friday. Air France lawyers are contacting...
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The first 16 bodies from the Air France Airbus that crashed into the Atlantic 1000 kilometres off the Brazilian coast arrive in the city of Recife. French and Brazilian forensic experts, on Thursday, began work to formally identify the remains. They're doing that with DNA samples collected during the past week from relatives of the victims. Search teams have so far found more than 40 bodies. They're still looking for the rest of the 228 people on board the plane when it went down. Brazilian military officials now say the hunt for clues to the cause of the crash will take weeks if not months. [Ramon Cardoso, Brazilian Air Force Brigadier]: "In the sea area we have French ships which are searching and some of them will begin re-searching for the black box flight recorders." The combined French and Brazilian search of the ocean and the sea bed thousands of metres down, is being hampered by bad weather. Ships, planes and a French navy submarine are involved in the operation. A miniature sub is on standby to help retrieve the crucial flight recorders if they can be located.
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...over the worst disaster in its 75-year history and expected more information about what happened within a week. An Air France Airbus 330 crashed into the sea on June 1 en route from Brazil to Paris, killing all 228 aboard. Brazil said three more bodies had...
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New Air France Crash Search Images More images of the search for the wreckage of the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic have been released. So far 24 bodies have been recovered.
The French secret service is investigating whether two passengers on board the doomed Air France 447 flight had links to Islamic terrorism. It raises the possibility that the crash was not an accident. Alistair Bunkall reports.
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...took off earlier to rendezvous with the Brazilian navy ship carrying the 24 bodies that have been recovered so far. Air France 447 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean last week en route from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Paris, France, with 228 passengers and crew...
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...BRAZIL: The first 16 bodies recovered from an Air France jet crash in the Atlantic arrived at this remote Brazilian island on Tuesday ahead of identification, officials said. The remains were recovered on the weekend from the spot the Airbus A330 came down...
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Times of India
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...and improvements, an Airbus spokesman said. The change was not mandatory. Investigators in Paris said Saturday that the Air France flight sent 24 automated error messages about four minutes before it crashed. The messages suggest the plane may have been flying...
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CNN
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French intelligence has not ruled out sabotage as the reason for the Air France tragedy. The passenger list might have been the target for the suspected attack, says US investigative journalist Wayne Madsen.
brazil.airsafe.org - On June 1st, 2009, Air France flight 447, a scheduled international flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in an area roughly 600 miles, or 960 kilometers, off the northeast coast of Brazil. Several areas of suspected aircraft debris were also found near the estimated position of its last radio communication. All 216 passengers and 12 crew members, together representing over 30 nationalities, are missing and presumed dead.
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Jun. 8 - While 16 bodies have been recovered, the search continues for all 228 people that were on board the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic last week. SOUNDBITE: Marten Van Sluijs, brother of Air France passenger Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
(This Boing Boing Video episode made possible by WEPC.com). Veteran space/aviation/tech reporter Miles O'Brien speaks with me about the role of technology in the recent Air France crash. He answers a number of questions posed here on Boing Boing by commenters on our previous episodes: how "black boxes" work, why they're not built to float, whether they would be more effective if they streamed data constantly while in use, and whether more training in the "lower-tech" aspects of piloting ...
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tinyurl.com ----- Click link to get $1-$25 per online survey!!! Search ships methodically worked through debris from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago. Two bodies were recovered Saturday, and Brazilian and French ships picked up the others on Sunday after pilots participating in a grid search reported additional sightings. The bodies have been found in an area about 45 miles (70 kilometers ...
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...(Reuters) - Brazilian navy ships found more bodies from the Atlantic plane crash on Sunday, and Air France said it had been replacing speed sensors at the center of the investigation into the cause of the disaster. Air France said late on Saturday it was accelerating...
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Boston Globe
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Courtesy Força Aérea Brasileira Command and the Navy Command of the Air report that, as previously announced, between 5 and 6am this morning, the radar of the plane R-99 identified a number of points to 849 kilometers of Fernando de Noronha, off the northwestern 69.5 kilometers where the AF 447 reported electric breakdown. A Hercules C-130 was directed to the site and visually confirmed the presence of objects in water. Then, at 08h14, the Corbeta Caboclo sought a seat in the local blue and ...
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...to the crash zone which more Paris, Jun 3: Even hours after the Brazilian Air Force finding the debris of the crashed Air France Flight AF 447, the search for the reasons leading the crash is still on. Air France has suggested that the plane could have ...
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...BRAZILIAN search crews yesterday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and investigators said faulty speed readings had been found on the same type of jets. Navy ships found the bodies of two men and debris including...
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Shanghai Daily
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...speed readings caused the crash. Airbus had advised airlines to replace the device used to communicate flight speed, but Air France had not done so on Flight 447, according to BEA President Paul-Louis Arslanian. Airbus and Air France are now working to replace...
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Los Angeles Times
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Airbus A330 Plane Crash AIR FRANCE Flight 447 AIRBUS A330 CRASH AIR FRANCE CRASH AF447 AIRBUS sabotage AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION MAYDAY Sabotage Flight 447 US Navy caused the crash days before 787´s first flight...right after more than 15 years of A330 service without a single incident. Aircraft giant Boeing has said orders in May were down by more than 70% from a year earlier after airlines cancelled or delayed plans for new planes. The company said it had received just 20 orders during the month compared with 67 last May. Deliveries, however, were up very slightly on last year. But orders could be boosted if Boeing secures a deal with United Airlines, which is looking to overhaul its fleet. United Airlines is also seeking bids from Boeing's rival Airbus. United Airlines has been in discussions with both Airbus and Boeing but has, so far, held off on ordering new planes, "until we can generate a return on our investment," said chief executive Glenn Tilton. And despite the gloom surrounding the airline industry, he may now be ready to take the plunge. "The analysis we have conducted for more than a year suggests that time might be now," he added. Boeing had commited Industrial Sabbotage to revive its 787´s orders as the plane prepares for its mayden flight later this month, at least according to their latest (FIVE time changed) schedule. Boeing's profits in the first three months of 2009 were down 50% from the same period a year earlier to $610m (£379m). The Chicago-based ...
PARIS, France (CNN) -- The bodies of two men, one of whom was confirmed to be a passenger from the Air France plane that crashed Monday, were found early Saturday, a Brazilian air force spokesman said. A photo of the Airbus 330 that went missing over the Atlantic early Monday. Also found were a backpack and a leather briefcase containing an airplane ticket with a reservation code, which Air France verified belonged to a passenger on the jet, Jorge Amaral said. The Brazilian navy and air ...
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...believe is what is left of Air France Flight AF447, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday. The Air France plane crash may have been the result of a terrorist bomb attack. Debris found floating in the Atlantic north of the Brazil may be part...
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Associated Content
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President Nicolas Sarkozy attended the multi-faith service led by Notre Dame Archbishop, Patrick Jacquin. Air France executives were also in attendance. The service began as Brazilian and French ships head to an area, about 745 miles northeast of Brazil's coastal city Recife hoping to retrieve as much of the wreckage as possible. Finding the "black box" flight data and voice recorders that hold clues to why the plane crashed will be difficult because they have likely sunk to the ocean floor at the crash site. The recorders are designed to send homing signals for 30 days when they hit water, but there's no guarantee they even survived the impact.
Some 40 relatives of the passengers of the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic are gathered at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro. The family members want Brazilian and Air France authorities to allow a group of relatives to go to the city of Recife, where the passengers' remains are set to arrive. Mariana Paes, a friend of passenger Adriana Henriques says the relatives want to follow the rescue closely. [Mariana Paes, Friend of Crash Victim]: "People are walking inside (the hotel) and exchanging contact numbers with each other. They want to be able, in the future and if necessary, to file a lawsuit or discuss what needs to be done. People (families) want to go to the (rescue) area." Marten Van Sluijs, whose sister was on the Air France flight, says the relatives have chosen the representatives of a families' commission. [Marten Van Sluijs, Brother of Crash Victim]: "We have come up with a list of names of the people who will lead the (families commission) who are to pass on the demands from all the relatives of the victims of this sad event." Some relatives still pray for a miracle, but most have given up hope after experts said that all passengers most certainly died on the flight. Twenty-seven-year-old Henriques was travelling to Europe for the first time to visit some relatives in Paris. His father hopes some survivors may be found. [Nelson Marinho, Father of Crash Victim]: "We're hoping they will find someone alive. As the minister said, there could be someone ...
WMO's aeronautical meteorology program director, Dr. Geoff Love says AMDAR would not have prevented Air France's 447 aircraft from crashing. [Dr. Geoff Love, WMO Director]: "It's a disaster and we all want to understand how the disaster happened, and had AMDAR been on board of that aircraft, we may have possibly got some data which would have told us about the conditions it was encountering before the transmission stopped, and that's all we would have got out of AMDAR." According to Dr. Love, the twin-engine A330 Airbus jets are generally not equipped with the WMO's devices which transmit in-flight weather data to WHO receiving stations. But two Lufthansa jets believed to have been in the same area half an hour before the missing Air France flight could provide clues for the investigation. According to the WMO, the two aircraft recorded data on prevailing temperatures and winds, but they were not equipped to automatically transmit information on turbulence.
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...state of the atmosphere, the gaseous layer that serves as the outermost barrier between Earth and the rest of the universe. AIR FRANCE CRASH NEWS News: Titanic-Exploring Sub to Aid Flight 447 Search June 5, 2009 -- A mini-submarine that explored the undersea...
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Discovery Channel
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Air France May Have to Fold After an Accident Which Left Over 200 People Dead; TWA and ValuJet Disappeared from Skies After Heavily Publicized Crashes (Bloomberg News)
IN THE FIELD: Brazilian officials said they have recovered sea "trash" from the Air France crash zone in the Atlantic, and not aircraft debris as initially thought. French investigation agency says there were inconsistencies in the speeds measured.
Air France has told families of passengers on Flight 447 that the jetliner broke apart and they must abandon hope that anyone survived. The plane disappeared on a flight between Brazil and France. (June 4)
The crash of the Air France jet into the Atlantic may mean another delay for plane that they are waiting for, the Boeing 787. (Bloomberg News)
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...by the end of the month, and will be led by Alain Bouillard, who took charge of the investigation into the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000. France held an ecumenical religious ceremony for relatives and friends of those on the plane at Notre Dame Cathedral...
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