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Air France Flight 447 ( AF447 / AFR447) [b] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, inconsistent airspeed indications and miscommunication led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330 serving the flight.
Sep 15, 2017 · The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world. The loss was difficult to understand given the remarkable safety record of commercial aviation.
Jul 6, 2012 · In the final report issued Thursday on the Air France 447 crash that killed 228 people in May 2009, investigators said the pilots were "completely surprised" by technical problems...
Sep 21, 2023 · What really happened to Air France 447? Black box transcripts reveal chaos in the cockpit that led to the June 2009 crash—one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.
Oct 11, 2022 · Air France and Airbus face charges of involuntary manslaughter in a landmark trial over the 2009 plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew. Air France flight AF447 disappeared...
Jul 5, 2012 · CNN — A series of errors by pilots and a failure to react effectively to technical problems led to the crash of Air France Flight 447, France’s Bureau of Investigation and Analysis said...
Dec 8, 2011 · Pilot error. One of the plane's pilots, a 32-year old junior officer named Pierre-Cedric Bonin, badly misinterpreted what was happening during a brief failure of the plane's airspeed indicators...
