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. . . TEARS FOR VICTIMS, SYMPATHY FOR FAMILIES . . . Crash:Air Air To A missing Air Chief Air Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, left About four hours later, the plane sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through strong turbulence, Air 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."
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Airbus 330
Analysis: turbulence, not lightning,most likely cause of Air June 1 --Air France-KLM Group, whose Rio de Janeiro-Paris flight disappeared over the The twin-engine Airbus SAS A330 model involved has never had a fatal crash in a commercial flight. Air ¨Modern airliners do not just go missing,¨ said David Learmount, safety editor at Flight International in What is Turbulence? Turbulence is caused by sudden changes in air movement that cause the aircraft to pitch, yaw and roll. There are two types of turbulence: so-called "clear air turbulence", which can happen when different bodies of air meet at high -altitudes, such as near mountain ranges or on the fringes of the jet stream in the north Atlantic. Storm turbulence is more easily detectable as it contains moisture that can be picked up by aircraft radar. But if the plane flies into it, it is hit by sudden air movements that result in it being buffeted by upward and downward draughts of air. For pilots, the main concern is not the safety of the plane, but the health of passengers and crew, who can be thrown out of their seats or hit by flying objects. "Turbulence is what it says on the tin. It is a very violent movement of air in the atmosphere that is caused in many different ways. It is fairly unpredictable and a lot of money has gone into researching it and predicting it," says Kieran Daly, group editor of Air Transport Intelligence. Can it bring down a plane? Turbulence-related crashes happen once a decade, according to aviation consultancy Ascend. Examples include the crash of an Austral airlines McDonnell Douglas in An investigation reported that the likely cause of the disaster was that "the aircraft suddenly encountered abnormally severe turbulence which imposed a gust load considerably in excess of the design limit."
An Airbus A330-200 jetliner from the French company Air France. An Air France jet carrying 228 people from
No commercial aircraft has been lost to lightning in four decades
A fatal crash Profile: Airbus A330-200 The Airbus A330-200 is a large-capacity, wide-body, twin-engine, medium-to long-range commercial passenger airliner often used for transatlantic flights. It can carry up to 256 passengers in a three-class aircraft and cover a range of 10,500km. The aircraft can fly at 880kph at a cruising altitude of 10,700 meters. The A330-200 is 59 metres long and has a wingspan of 60.30 meters. It would also be the first fatal accident involving the A330-200 variant of the jet, which entered into service in 1998. The catalogue price of the A330-200 is about $180.9 million. Airbus says that the airplane can fly more than 11 million hours during its lifespan. There are more than 340 Airbus A330-200s in use across the world and 1,021 of both variants have been ordered since their inauguration. Analysis: turbulence, not lightning, most likely cause of Air Launched in 1995, the Airbus A330-200 is the newest member of the European aircraft manufacturer's twinjet family. The incident involves an Air France Airbus A330-200. With a range of 12,500 km (6,750 nautical miles) and the capacity to carry 253 passengers, the A330-200 is extremely well-regarded as a medium to long-range airliner. There are 600 currently in service with 82 airlines, including Air According to aviation expert Kieran Daly, the A330-200 is a "reliable, ultramodern, state-of-the-art airplane," with an impeccable safety record. Airbus A330: a good, but not flawless safety record In 2001 an Air Transat flight performed the world's longest recorded glide by a jet airliner after an A330-243 suffered double engine failure following a fuel leak over the Investigators said that pilot error and a lack of automated computer checks meant that the crew did not realize that fuel was leaking from a broken pipe. And in 2003 an engine on a flight from In one bizarre incident, a six-year-old Malaysia Airlines A330-300 had to be written off after highly corrosive liquids which had been wrongly labeled as a more harmless substance leaked in the hold during a flight. The plane landed safely but the fuselage, wing box structure and landing gear were found to be badly corroded and five baggage handlers at Kuala Lumpur fell ill from the fumes. In 2007 China National Chemical Construction Corp was ordered to pay $65 million compensation.
Crash search Debris
In the Words of the Brazilian Military 08h07 -the C-130 confirms visually the existence of wreckage in the area. 08h14 ¡V The Corvette Caboclo arrives at the location and salvages a blue seat with the series number 23701103B331-0 (still unconfirmed by AIR 09h10 -The Corvette spots the first body, in the same area. 09h30 -The body is taken in by the Corvette crew and identified as being of the male gender. 09h50 -A backpack with a vaccination card is rescued 10h18 -A leather business case with an AIR FRANCE flight ticket is rescued. 11h13 -A second body, also of the male gender is found and taken in by the Navy, in the same search area.
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A crew member of a Brazilian frigate pulls up a piece of the Air France jet that crashed last week. More bodies have also been retrieved from the Atlantic about 400 miles northwest of Brazil¡¦s Fernando de Noronha islands.
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