Air France AF447 Mystery deepens
June 6th, 2009 - 8:34 pm ICT by GD
The latest news on Air France Mystery was that the Brazilian authorities had found debris from the downed plane. However, the French authorities are challenging this statement made by their Brazilian ... Read more...
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Mystery deepens over whereabouts of Air France plane
June 6th, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo/Paris, June 6 (DPA) The mystery surrounding the fate of the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic earlier this week deepened after Brazilian officials admitted that no trace of ... Read more...
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Crash plane debris ‘only sea trash’, Brazil admits
June 5th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 5 (ANI): Brazilian officials have admitted that debris found floating in the Atlantic, which was believed to be from the Air France crash, is only 'sea trash'."Up to now, no ... Read more...
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Search for plane and cause of Air France crash intensify (Lead)
June 5th, 2009 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo/Paris, June 4 (DPA) As search intensified Thursday for an explanation of why an Air France jetliner with 228 people aboard plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, searchers began plucking fragments of ... Read more...
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Air France AF447 - 15 minutes to death
June 5th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Passengers and crew of doomed Air France Flight AF447 may have endured a terrorizing last 15 minutes of life according to electronic messages sent by the aircraft.
Details of the automatically generated ... Read more...
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Spanish pilot saw white flash when French plane went missing
June 4th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 4 (DPA) A pilot of the Spanish airline Air Comet covering the route between Lima and Madrid saw a white flash in the area where the Air France plane went ... Read more...
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Buddhist monks offer prayers for victims of Air France Flight 447
June 4th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Bodh Gaya, June 4 (ANI): Buddhist monks and nuns here offered prayer for the victims of Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night en route ... Read more...
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Air France plane may have been bombed, says pilot
June 4th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, June 4 (ANI): An Air France pilot has declared it "highly likely" that flight AF447 may have been blown up by a terrorist bomb.
The long-haul captain, speaking on condition of ... Read more...
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No trace of Air France passengers in chill Atlantic waters
June 4th, 2009 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo/Paris, June 4 (DPA) Despite intensive search, Brazil's Air Force and Navy have found no trace of the 228 people on board the Air France carrier that vanished in a mysterious ... Read more...
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Mourning begins for Air France crash victims (Lead)
June 3rd, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy came to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Wednesday for a multi-denominational service commemorating the 228 victims of Monday's crash of an Air France jetliner.
Sarkozy ... Read more...
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Air France update : Bomb threat received
June 3rd, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
It has been revealed that air France received a telephone bomb threat just days before Air France flight AF447 disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night.
Officials at Argentina’s Buenos Aires’ ... Read more...
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Air France AF447 Crash Update
June 3rd, 2009 - 9:06 pm ICT by GD
Air France flight AF447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The fight was carrying 228 people in all, including 216 passengers and 12 crew ... Read more...
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France formally begins probe into Air France disaster
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (DPA) An investigation into the cause of the Air France disaster was formally opened in France Wednesday as the country began a period of national mourning with a service ... Read more...
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Race is on for crashed Air France AF447 black boxes
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
French and Brazilian authorities are now in a race against time to recover the black box flight data recorders from crashed Air France flight AF447.
Brazilian authorities have confirmed that two debris ... Read more...
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Thunderstorms may have spelled doom for Air France Flight 447
June 3rd, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 3 (ANI): Experts have speculated that Air France Flight 447, which disappeared mysteriously over the Atlantic Ocean on May 31, may have gone down due to turbulence and thunderstorms ... Read more...
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Debris is from missing Air France jet
June 3rd, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Brasilia, June 3 (ANI): Plane wreckage spotted by Brazilian jets is from the Air France airliner that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean, it has been confirmed.Brazil's defence minister Nelson Jobim said the ... Read more...
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Brazil confirms finding missing plane’s debris
June 3rd, 2009 - 6:09 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 3 (DPA) Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the debris of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in ... Read more...
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Brazil confirms missing plane debris found
June 3rd, 2009 - 5:21 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 3 (DPA) Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the remains of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in ... Read more...
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Brazil confirms wreckage is from Air France AF447 crash
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:22 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim has said there is no doubt a debris field found about 700 kilometers (435 miles) northeast of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago is from missing Air ... Read more...
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Death list from Air France AF447 includes royalty, doctors, dancers and students
June 3rd, 2009 - 3:08 am ICT by John Le Fevre
While Air France is yet to release a passenger name list of those onboard its ill-fated flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that disappeared over the Atlantic ocean, some ... Read more...
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Terrorism a possible cause for AF447 death plunge
June 2nd, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
French Defense Minister Herve Morin has said an act of terrorism cannot be ruled out in the disappearance and presumed crash of Air France flight AF447.
Morin told Europe 1 radio, "we ... Read more...
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Downed Air France AF447 debris found
June 2nd, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Brazilian military aircraft have sighted debris from missing Air France flight AF447 650 km (400 miles) north of the islands of Fernando de Noronha off Brazil's northern coast.
The debris, comprising metal ... Read more...
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Wreckage found in search area for missing Air France plane (Third Lead)
June 2nd, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo/Paris, June 2 (DPA) Wreckage has been found in the Atlantic Ocean possibly from the Air France plane that disappeared Monday with 228 people on board, a spokesman for the ... Read more...
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Wreckage seen in search area for missing Air France plane: Report (Second Lead)
June 2nd, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (IANS) Wreckage has been found in the Atlantic Ocean that could have come from a missing Air France jet that disappeared Monday with 228 passengers and crew on board, ... Read more...
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PM shares grief with France, Brazil over jetliner tragedy
June 2nd, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the loss of lives in the Air France jetliner tragedy.
In separate letters to President Nicholas Sarkozy of France ... Read more...
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Possible Air France AF447 2009 crash debris sighted
June 2nd, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
The crew of a French freighter have spotted debris floating on the Atlantic Ocean in an area where missing Air France flight AF447 is suspected of crashing.
The sighting by the crew ... Read more...
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PM shares grief with France and Brazil
June 2nd, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the Air France jetliner tragedy and in separate letters to President Nikolas Sarkozy of France ... Read more...
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Search continues for missing Air France jet with 228 aboard (Lead)
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro/Paris, June 2 (DPA) Search efforts were renewed early Tuesday as 228 people were feared dead in the crash of an Air France jet in the Atlantic Ocean en route ... Read more...
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Brazilian pilot says he thinks he’ seen missing Air France jet in Atlantic Ocean
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 2 (ANI): The pilot of a Brazilian plane has said that he thinks he has seen the damaged parts of the Air France aircraft that reportedly crashed into the Atlantic ... Read more...
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Brazilian prince travelling on missing French plane
June 2nd, 2009 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, June 2 (DPA) A member of Brazil's non-reigning royal family was travelling on the Air France plane that went missing Monday off Brazil's north-eastern coast, the Orleans e Braganca family ... Read more...
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Brazilian pilot reports possible sighting of disappeared French plane’s wreckage
June 2nd, 2009 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 2 (DPA) A pilot from Brazil's airline TAM possibly spotted a burning piece of wreckage on the Atlantic Ocean while he was crossing the Atlantic early Monday morning.
The ... Read more...
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32 nationalities on missing Air France flight
June 2nd, 2009 - 7:51 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, June 2 (DPA) Air France identified 32 nationalities among the 216 passengers on board Air France 447, which has been missing since 0215 GMT Monday over the Atlantic on its ... Read more...
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Air France AF447 official passenger list
June 2nd, 2009 - 2:15 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Air France has released a confirmed list of the nationalities of passengers onboard the presumed crashed, Paris-bound AF447 flight.
As previously announced, Brazilians, French, German, Chinese and Italian nationals top the list ... Read more...
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AF447 flight of death official timeline
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:49 am ICT by John Le Fevre
A massive mid-Atlantic air search remains underway for Air France flight AF447 that lost contact with Brazilian air traffic controllers while traveling at 35,000 feet (10,600 meters).
Air France flight AF447 left ... Read more...
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Air France releases list of nationalities aboard crashed airliner
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:05 am ICT by admin
PARIS, France (BNO NEWS) -- Air France has released the following list of nationalities regarding the passengers on board the airliner which crashed in the Atlantic.
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