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Air France flight lost in storm off Brazil, 9 Chinese onboard
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An Air France flight with 228 passengers onboard from Rio de Janiero to Paris has disappeared after hitting stormy weather over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1. Nine Chinese nationals were among the 228 people on board the plane, the airline company said.
A search was conducted by Brazil's air force near the Brazilian island of Fernando do Noronha, around the area where the airplane disappeared, about 370 km from the mainland and 2,400 km from Rio de Janeiro.
Map shows approximate location of Air France missing plane. (Agencies)
The Air France Airbus A330-200, Flight 447, was probably hit by lightning and suffered an electrics failure while flying through an Atlantic storm, Air France said earlier in the day.
The airplane, bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, lost contact with the control center shortly after its takeoff from Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. (2200 GMT). It was expected in Paris on Monday at 11:15 a.m. local time (0915 GMT).
"The most likely thing is that the plane was hit by lightning. The plane was in a stormy area with strong turbulence, which provoked problems," said Francois Brouse, the director of communications of Air France. |
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