Air France flight 'missing' Mid Atlantic..

[Largest of Als]

An Air France official says the airline has lost contact with a plane carrying 228 people from Brazil to Paris.

Air France spokeswoman Brigitte Barrand says, "Air France regrets to announce that it is without news from Air France flight 447 flying from Rio to Paris."

She said Monday the flight was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ory?id=7722664



Uh-Oh...



Al

[Dec]

It got sucked into a wormhole and appeared in front of the the World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001. The rest is history. Hilarious, hilarious history.

[The_librarian]

Nah.

It's David Copperfields latest stunt.

[Jaemi]

Auch, that's a fuckin' shame btw.
At the very least I hope the find it.

[Kenny Macca Doo]

Saw this on the news at lunchtime. The BBC or C4 guy, cannae remember which, was like "NOW, this is purely speculation, but any time a flight has gone missing like this before over the Atlantic, it's been a BOMB".

Good job there.

[Young Blood]

haha that's family guy-esque reporting there

[Shannow]

Well, if there had been so kind of engine trouble, the pilot would be on the radio going 'oh fuck' so it's not that out there as a conclusion goes.

[Dyno]

Who would bomb a plane in the middle of the ocean?
I hope Jack, Kate etc are ok.

[XMachina]

Originally Posted by Dyno

Who would bomb a plane in the middle of the ocean?

Libya. Unfortunately for Lockerbie that flight got delayed.

[Largest of Als]

SAO PAULO – 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" the plane was hit by lightning.

Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, left Rio on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time (2200 GMT, 6 p.m. EDT) with 216 passengers and 12 crew members on board, company spokeswoman Brigitte Barrand.

About four hours later, the plane sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through strong turbulence, Air France said.

The plane "crossed through a thunderous zone with strong turbulence" at 0200 GMT Monday (10 p.m. EDT Sunday). An automatic message was received fourteen minutes later "signaling electrical circuit malfunction."

Brazil's Air Force said the last contact it had with the Air France jet was at 0136 GMT (9:30 p.m. EDT Sunday), but did not say where the plane was then.

Some lightning storm to bring down a jet... who knows..


Al

[I'm Your God Now]

They probably surrendered it.

[Kenny Macca Doo]

Originally Posted by Shannow

Well, if there had been so kind of engine trouble, the pilot would be on the radio going 'oh fuck' so it's not that out there as a conclusion goes.

It's total sensationalist analysis of the situation. Some plane disappears and it's instant "BOMB BOMB BOMB, everyone take cover, they're bombing us! Fucking run wee man!"

[PAPA LAZEROU]

Electrical problems.....possible lightning storm........no plane.

Its a relatively new plane (2-3 years old) so it will be fitted with beacons to allow it to be found, heres hoping they find it and the people alive......................

[Semprini]

They should check behind the sofa.

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by PAPA LAZEROU

heres hoping they find it and the people alive......................

Let's hope they don't find the plane alive, that'd be some crazy Bermuda triangle, Event Horizon shit.