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- Dr Aisling Butler (26), from Roscrea, Co Tipperary; Dr Jane Deasy (27), from Dublin, and Dr Eithne Walls (28), from Co Down, were returning from a holiday in Brazil when they died in the crash, which led to lasting changes in aircraft safety measures.
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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.
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Arthur Coakleywas returning home on the missing Air France plane following a four-week stint on a Brazilian oil rig. Patricia, his wife of 34 years, said he had been booked on to other flights only for his travel arrangements to be changed. Breaking down in tears yesterday, the 58-year-old said: ‘I still have hope he is out there on a life raft. I ...
Neil Warrior, 48, a PR executive with Mazda who lived in Cologne, but was from London, was also on the flight. Frans Danner, a colleague, said: ‘He was with some friends on a trip taking in Brazil and Argentina. ‘He was a gentleman – incredibly polite and never angry. He had worked all over the world.’
Graham Gardner, a 52-year- old oil worker, was travelling home to Renfrewshire in Scotland. His wife Joyce, 51, said he was a ‘ loving, caring and laid-back man – nothing fazed him’. She added: ‘Although we don’t have children, he was very much a family man and loved playing with all the children in our extended family.’
Aisling Butler, from County Tipperary, Jane Deasy, of Dublin, and Eithne Walls, from Belfast, were travelling together. Dr Walls had performed on Broadway with the Riverdance troupe just before she began medical studies. A Welsh woman friend of the three, who trained together in Dublin, was on the plane but has not been named.
Jun 3, 2009 · June 2, 2009. They were dancers and doctors, engineers and executives, and even royalty. Many were parents, and eight were children. The passengers on the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 were...
Oct 13, 2014 · Details of the last moments of Flight 447, which claimed the lives of five Britons and three Irish doctors, have emerged in a disturbing new investigation into the 2009 disaster.
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Apr 13, 2011 · Graphics explaining what led to the downing of Air France flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic north-east of Brazil in June 2009, killing all 228 people on board.
Nov 8, 2011 · Many of the bodies and the plane’s recorders were recovered earlier this year. A total of 153 bodies have been identified from the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, authorities said...
Oct 20, 2022 · Air France and the A330 planemaker Airbus stand accused of a catalogue of errors that collectively doomed Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on a Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1...
