Flight 447

Airbus A330-200 operated by Air France was lost about 3.5 hours after departure. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight AF 447, from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to Paris (France).

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Aeroporto do Galeão de braços abertos

A TAP Portugal e a Infraero homenagearam de forma diferente a cidade do Rio de Janeiro e o Aeroporto Internacional Antônio Carlos Jobim, no dia 20 de janeiro.

SPAF

SPAF Air France Pilots Speak Out

The SPAF union (French Pilots) declared that the BEA’s refusal to assign blame to the speed probes is an attempt to shift focus from its own and Air France’s to address the known risk.
French law requires that serious safety problems be reported and investigated, a mandate with which both the BEA and Air France failed [...]

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Air France Crash Damages Awarded

During a heavy rainstorm In 2005, an Air France flight missed the runway, crashed through a fence, ditched in the Etobicoke Creek ravine, and burst into flames.
ALL 297 passengers and 12 crew members survived.
33 people were hospitalized, and 23 people seriously injured.
And they were awarded a $12-million settlement to be distributed among [...]

Editorial

Air France Flight 447: Safety Standards Under Scrutiny. Jury is still out.

Not that the case has literally gone before a jury yet. But in the investigation, pre-judgment is pending. The investigations and frictions continue. Theories circulate, even without the benefit of the input of the lost black boxes. Isn’t judgement supposed to be suspended until ALL the fact gathering is complete?
If nothing [...]

Editorial

2010: The Search Goes On

The cause of the crash which killed all 228 passengers has not been determined.
Large parts of the plane, including the flight recorders, have not been found
The new search will begin in February of 2010, and cover about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) off Brazil’s coast, for a duration of three months. The search will [...]