Turbulence injures 26, flight diverted to Miami
August 3, 2009 ·
A Continental Airlines jet carrying 179 people from Brazil to Texas hit severe turbulence over the Atlantic early Monday, injuring at least 26 — including four seriously — and forcing an emergency landing in Miami, officials said. One passenger said he felt Continental Flight 128 drop without warning while flight attendants were in the aisles, [...]
Euro regulators order Airbus sensors replaced
July 31, 2009 ·
European air safety regulators told world airlines on Friday they will have to replace hundreds of air speed sensors of the type that may have contributed to the Air France Airbus A330 crash in the Atlantic Ocean in June. The announcement came after Airbus recommended that airlines flying its planes exchange some of the speed [...]
Doomed Air France plane was not destroyed in flight
July 2, 2009 ·
The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month with 228 people on board was not destroyed in mid-air but hit the water intact and at high speed, French investigators said Thursday. Flight AF 447 went missing during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1. The exact cause of [...]
Scary New York welcome for French tourists
June 24, 2009 ·
Five French tourists got a harrowing start to their New York visit: a wild police chase. As they looked for a ride at the Air France terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday morning, the visitors were lured to a van that was not licensed to provide taxi service, Port Authority of New [...]
Airline got replacement sensors days before crash
June 11, 2009 ·
Air France received replacement airspeed sensors for its Airbus 330s three days before the fatal crash of Flight 447, but the airline’s chief executive said Thursday that he is not convinced faulty monitors were the cause. As storms bore down on the crash zone off Brazil, a French submarine searched the depths of the Atlantic [...]
Plane debris found in path Air France jet took
June 2, 2009 ·
Brazilian military pilots spotted an airplane seat, a life jacket, metallic debris and signs of fuel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday as they hunted for a missing Air France passenger jet that carried 228 people. They found no signs of life. The pilots spotted two areas of floating debris about 60 [...]
Air France plane missing over Atlantic after storm
June 1, 2009 ·
A missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into lightning and strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Monday. Brazil began a search mission off its northeastern coast. Chief Air France spokesman Francois Brousse said “it is possible” that the plane was hit by lightning. Air France [...]
