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Ret10Echo · 06-01-2009, 04:42

Air France Rio-Paris flight missing with 228 aboard
15 mins ago
PARIS (Reuters) – An Air France plane on its way from Brazil to Paris has disappeared from radar screens, the Paris airports authority said on Monday.

Flight AF 447 had 228 people on board, Air France said.

It left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. and was expected in Paris on Monday at 11:15 a.m. (0915 GMT), a spokesman for the airports authority said.

Its last known location was unclear.

An Air France-KLM spokeswoman in Amsterdam said there had been no radio contact with the missing plane "for a while".

The people on board are 216 passengers and 12 crew.

The plane was an Airbus 330-200, airport authorities said.

(Reporting by Jean-Baptiste Vey; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

06-01-2009, 04:42	#1
Ret10Echo Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Occupied America.... Posts: 4,740	Air France Jet disappears from radar Air France Rio-Paris flight missing with 228 aboard 15 mins ago PARIS (Reuters) – An Air France plane on its way from Brazil to Paris has disappeared from radar screens, the Paris airports authority said on Monday. Flight AF 447 had 228 people on board, Air France said. It left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. and was expected in Paris on Monday at 11:15 a.m. (0915 GMT), a spokesman for the airports authority said. Its last known location was unclear. An Air France-KLM spokeswoman in Amsterdam said there had been no radio contact with the missing plane "for a while". The people on board are 216 passengers and 12 crew. The plane was an Airbus 330-200, airport authorities said. (Reporting by Jean-Baptiste Vey; Editing by Angus MacSwan) __________________ "There are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations" James Madison
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