India Scrambles fighter jets as French flight transmits wrong IFF

Indian Airforce scrambled it's  fighter jets as an Air France Airbus 343 which was going to Bangkok from Paris through Pakistan city Lahore transmitted wrong IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) code. The IAF radar...

Air France Crash Investigators Abandon Search for Black Boxes

French investigators looking into the causes of the Air France Flight 447 that crashed on June 1 have abandoned their second attempt to find the aircraft`s black box, also known as a flight recorder. The devices, if found, will tell investigators about what happened before...

Search ends for bodies from Air France crash

The Last and Final Tale of Air France Crash happened a month ago... Official said that they have now quit searching bodies from air France crash.... " Brazil has ended the search for more bodies from the Air...

Eleven Bodies From Air France Flight 447 Identified

The bodies of eleven passengers from Air France Flight 447 were identified: ten victims were Brazilian, one was a foreigner of undisclosed nationality, according to Brazilian authorities. Brazilian officials have...

Air France Passenger Dies On Board, Prompts Emergency Stop

Air France flight heading for Paris, France, from Montreal, Canada, had to make an emergency stop late at night today in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada after one of the passengers on board passed away. The body of the man was unloaded from the plane at the airport. It is not...

Air France Crash Families Get Initial Payout: $24,000 Per Person

Air France will pay initial compensation to the families of the victims killed in the Atlantic air crash of Air France Flight 447 on June 1.The company will pay a "first advance" €17, 500 euros, or $24,000 USD, to...

Air France Flight 447: Number of Bodies Recovered Now at 49

According to the most recent reports from Brazilian Navy, the total number of bodies recovered from Air France Flight 447 crash site now stands at 49. Air France Flight 447 went down on June 1 in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with 216 passengers and 12 crew members on...

Air France Flight 447 - Air crash bodies heading to DNA lab

The Air France Flight 447 Airbus A330 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean June 1 en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France, carrying 228 passengers and crew. Brazilian authorities said the plane debris will...

Flight Air France 447: Collective Negligence & Incompetence?

Extracts from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10577643 : Start extract Air France voiced its concerns to Airbus months ago about the reliability in icy conditions of the model of speed sensors, or "Pitot tubes", fitted to the A330-200...

It’s Time to Reopen Investigations: OKC Bombing, TWA Flight 800

Similarities exist between the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the July 17, 1996, disaster involving TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island.  In each case, government officials discredited and/or ignored the...

Air France Tail Fin Pulled From The Atlantic

A Brazilian navy ship has pulled the tail fin of Air France Flight AF447 from the Atlantic Ocean as officials prepared to identify the first of the bodies recovered from the water. " The plane's black boxes were...

United States and France Continue Search for Air France Black Box

A United States underwater team has arrived off the coast of Brazil to assist a French nuclear submarine in the search for the black box of Air France flight 447. The Airbuss A330 went down last week with 228 people on board, so far only 17 bodies have been recovered. The...

Twenty Four Bodies Found At The Site Of AF Flight 447 Crash Site

On Monday, June 8, search crews have found 8 more bodies of Flight 447 victims, bringing the total number of bodies found to 24. Yesterday, it was erroneously reported that the total number of bodies found was 17....

Air France Flight 447 Rio-Paris flight missing with 228 aboard

An Air France flight on its way from Brazil to Paris has been off the radar screen and out of  communication with air traffic controllers.  228 people aboard.  The  flight is AF 447, an Airbus...

Air France Plane Skids Off Runway in Montreal

Reports are just emerging that an Air France Boeing 747 has skidded off the runway at Montreal's Trudeau airport. This is a developing story. More details as they emerge. "An Air France aircraft has skidded off...

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