RIO DE JANEIRO - Was Air France Flight 447 downed by wind and hail from towering thunderheads? By lightning? Or by a catastrophic combination of factors?
Investigators were mulling several theories as to why the plane carrying 228 people disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean, while Brazilian and French military aircraft scoured a vast swath of ocean between Brazil and the African coast for the Airbus A330.
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Wreckage from the Air France jetthat crashed last week in the Atlantic Ocean killing 228 peoplewill arrive in Brazil today as authorities try to determine whatcaused the disaster.
RECIFE, Brazil, June 11 -- Authorities started to identify bodies Thursday from a jetliner crash, and the names of victims found far apart in the ocean could help determine.
Brazilian Air Force's Lieutenant-Brigadier Ramon Borges Cardoso speaks at a press conference in Recife, northeastern Brazil, on June 11, 2009. There is only a "remote".
French piots have been advised to stop flying certain types of Airbus after faulty aircraft equipment was blamed for last week's Air France crash that left 228 people dead. The Alter union.
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil - The last manual message from the pilot of Air France Flight 447 indicated the plane was headed into a storm. Ten minutes later a flurry of automated messages began: The autopilot had disengaged.
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