Jun 02 2009
Air France Lost at Sea - Wreckage Found
Brazilian Air Force officials have just announced they found what appears to be wreckage from the missing Air France flight that disappeared yesterday enroute from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France.
After departing Rio and nearly 4 hours later, Air France flight 447 left radar contact. According to Air France officials, the Airbus A330 with 228 passengers and crew onboard, “crossed through a thunderous zone with strong turbulence.” This is the suspected cause of the apparent crash.
Most of the passengers onboard the ill-fated flight were from France, Brazil and Germany with the remaining passengers from 29 additional countries including the United States and Canada.
Air France has also just announced it will be holding “an inter-religious ceremony for the relatives and friends of the victims on Wednesday, June 3, at 4 p.m. at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.”
