An Air France plane carrying 228 people from Brazil has disappeared from radar screens over the Atlantic Ocean, according to reports.

 

Officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport said contact was lost with the flight from Rio de Janeiro at 0600 GMT.

 

A spokeswoman told AFP news agency the Airbus 330 had been expected to arrive in Paris at 1110 local time (0910 GMT).

 

Another official said it was possible that the plane had a transponder problem but this was very rare.

 

"We are very worried," he said, quoted by AFP news agency. "The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago."

 

Airport authorities have set up a crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8076848.stm

where's the plane now? :uhoh:

in pieces?!

 

:bigcry:

:stunned:

no trace of the plane since they were leaving Brazil territory, that's what news say here right now :stunned:

I just heard the news, they were saying it could have been struck by lightning :worried:

still nothing about the plane, i'm so afraid :stunned:

it disapeared near Senegal country

 

 

really strange story :thinking:

Really strange yes....

There's almost no hope to find survivors :\

hi does anyone where in france 19 rue salvador nanterre la defense is ?? x

still nothing about the plane, i'm so afraid :stunned:

it disapeared near Senegal country

 

 

really strange story :thinking:

:stunned: really? :stunned:

Did they fly over the Bermuda triangle? :thinking:

Did they fly over the Bermuda triangle? :thinking:

 

yes!!!:(

i heard somewhere that they passed that place without problem in fact they only lost the contact with the plane suddenly near the Senegal ( the plane was still flying on the ocean )

 

there's no trace for the plane, that's really really weird :stunned:

If it plunged into the ocean it might be hard to find it, especially if the transponder isn't working :\

well if it's the case ( i hope no really ) someone will find pieces of the plane at least and we'll know finally what happened but now we know nothing it totally disapeared without trace :uhoh:

yes!!!:(

i heard somewhere that they passed that place without problem in fact they only lost the contact with the plane suddenly near the Senegal ( the plane was still flying on the ocean )

 

there's no trace for the plane, that's really really weird :stunned:

Bermuda triangle isn't even near with Senegal though :confused:

Bermuda triangle isn't even near with Senegal though :confused:

 

i know that this is why i said the plane passed that place

but hell yeah it's not btw America and Europe continents? :thinking:

Absolutely terrifying :\

French plane lost in ocean storm

 

 

An Air France plane carrying 228 people from Brazil to France has vanished over the Atlantic after flying into turbulence, airline officials say.

 

The Airbus sent an automatic message at 0214 GMT, four hours after leaving Rio de Janeiro, reporting a short circuit. It may have been damaged by lightning.

 

It was well over the ocean when it was lost, making Brazilian and French search planes' task more difficult.

 

France's president said the chances of finding survivors were "very small". "It is a catastrophe the likes of which Air France has never seen," Nicolas Sarkozy said after meeting relatives and friends of passengers at a crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport.

 

Earlier, Air France chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told reporters: "We are without a doubt faced with an air disaster."

 

He added: "The entire company is thinking of the families and shares their pain."

 

Flight AF 447 left Rio at 1900 local time (2200 GMT) on Sunday. It had 216 passengers and 12 crew on board, including three pilots. The passengers included one infant, seven children, 82 women and 126 men.

 

Air France confirmed that there had been 61 French and 58 Brazilians on board. Among the other passengers were 26 Germans, nine Chinese, nine Italians, six Swiss, five Britons, five Lebanese, four Hungarians, three Irish, three Norwegians and three Slovaks.

 

Eeeeeeeeeeee this is scary. :\

et comment!!!!!!

I'm feeling so sad for the families... If they never find the plane they might never know what exactly happened... :\

^ You ain't sleeping yet, Min? :o

 

Yeah. I hope the plane had landed safely on somewhere undetectable rather than crashed into the sea... :\

it was this plane : A330 - 200 F-GZCP, this picture was taken on 14 May 2009 ...

 

...very hard and terrifying :\ :stunned:

scary stuff. :uhoh:.

Indeed :\