Air France airliner with 228 aboard disappears over the Atlantic

[Caliga]

Breaking news on CNN. 

[jimmy olsen]

Awful. 

[CountDeMoney]

Air France flight with 228 people aboard dropped off radar today on route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, the airline said.

[Caliga]

(CNN) -- A French passenger aircraft carrying 228 people has disappeared from radar off the coast of Brazil, airline officials say.
A file photo shows an Air France jet on take off. Some 228 passengers are aboard the missing aircraft.

Air France told CNN the jet was traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris when it vanished.

The airline said flight AF447 was carrying 216 passengers in addition to a crew of 12.

French media said the aircraft was an Airbus A330-200.

State radio reported a crisis center was being set up at Charles de Galle where the plane had been due to land at 11.15 a.m. local time.

Airport officials in Rio declined to comment on the incident.

[CountDeMoney]

French media said the aircraft was an Airbus A330-200.

I keep telling you people those things go down.  Airbus = Airaccident.

[Caliga]

This is a little fishy, though (pun not intended).

When planes have issues mid-flight there is usually at least some communication with ATC.  The apparent lack of any implies a mid-air explosion.  This might be TERRA.

[Caliga]

Also, the latest CNN update said they're looking for the aircraft around Fernando de Noronha island, which is like hundreds of miles into the Atlantic.

[Caliga]

Missing jet reported short-circuit after turbulence
Mon Jun 1, 2009 7:48am EDT

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - Air France said on Monday a plane that went missing on the way from Brazil to Paris had sent a message at 0214 GMT reporting an electrical short-circuit, after it had flown through a stormy area with strong turbulence.

Flight AF 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went missing with 228 people on board. It left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. (2200 GMT) and had been expected to land at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday at 11:15 a.m. (0915 GMT). (Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; editing by Crispian Balmer)

[Alatriste]

French media said the aircraft was an Airbus A330-200.

I keep telling you people those things go down.  Airbus = Airaccident.

Read.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/type/index.php?type=jet

[Neil]

French media said the aircraft was an Airbus A330-200.

I keep telling you people those things go down.  Airbus = Airaccident.

Airbus is rather terrible, isn't it.  There's just some things you can't trust a Euro to do.

[Grey Fox]

Is it me or does that CNN international host probably has giant boobs?

[Caliga]

Is it me or does that CNN international host probably has giant boobs?

Name plz.

[Grey Fox]

Is it me or does that CNN international host probably has giant boobs?

Name plz.

I don't know, she looks Indian/Pakistani. She's got a British accent.

[Caliga]

Naamua Delaney?  If it's her, then no she doesn't. 

[Norgy]

Look on the bright side. Atlantis is in the Atlantic, and these people will end up there and have exciting adventures, even when pronounced dead. I'm sure.