Air France Flight 447

Since the beginning of the searches on 2 April:

Orion, the towed sonar based on the « Anne Candies », has covered 2 800 km2 ;
The three Remus, autonomous underwater vehicles based on the « Seabed Worker » have made forty dives and covered an area of around 3 000 km2.

The meteorological conditions in the search [...]

RESEARCH AT SEA
Operation Research – Rescue (SAR)
The search for the aircraft involved Brazil, France, America and Spain. Searchers have been coordinated by the MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Center) in Recife. The plane had disappeared in the SAR area of responsibility. Sar research was halted on Friday June 26. No one and no [...]

Accident occurred on 1 er June 2009 the Airbus A330-203, registration F-GZCP, operated by Air France flight AF 447 Rio de Janeiro
REPORT ISSUED ON 2 JULY 2009
This report was prepared on the basis of early evidence collected during the investigation, without analysis and even in the current absence of (the complete) wreckage, the flight [...]

Press release issued on 25 June 2009:
As part of the release of a factual report on the A 330-200, registration F-GZCP accident on 1 June 2009, the BEA will hold a press briefing at its premises at Le Bourget on Thursday, July 2 15 am to 17 pm
Journalists wishing to attend should confirm their [...]

Press release 5 June 2009
Flight AF 447 on 31 May 2009
The BEA will hold a second press conference on its premises at Le Bourget on Saturday 6 June from 10 h to 12h.
Journalists who wish to attend are asked to confirm their intentions with Martine Del Bono.
A large quantity of more or less accurate [...]

Press release 1 June 2009
Flight AF 447 on 1 June 2009
On 1st June, the BEA was informed that an Airbus A330-200, registered F-GZCP, operated by Air France as flight AF 447, which was flying the route between Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle (France), disappeared over the sea. Radio contact was lost several [...]