Links continue to be updated all week... An Air France flight en route to Paris from Brazil went missing after experiencing thunderstorms and turbulence somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean in the late evening of May 31, 2009 / early morning of June 1, 2009. It appears there were electrical malfunction issues about 4 hours into the flight. 216 passengers and 12 crew were on board.
Brief summary of what's known so far - Air France 447 Missing, Presumed Crash - Heading to Paris From Rio de Janeiro.
June 2 - debris is spotted a few hundred miles off the coast of Brazil that may be from AF447. The passenger list from the flight is expected to be released soon by Air France.
June 3 - debris is confirmed to be that of Air France 447. A debris field of several miles is being searched.
June 4 - speculation that pilots may have slowed down the aircraft too much going through an area of severe turbulence, possibly causing the plane to stall and not being able to recover from the stall.
June 5 - previously confirmed debris from AF447 now believed to have been trash from other vessels and not the Paris bound flight. The search for signs of flight 447 continue.
June 6 - causes of the Air France 447 tragedy are now including multiple systems failure and speed monitoring failure (a flaw that is now repairable but has caused issues with A330 aircraft - "We have seen a certain number of these types of faults on the A330," says BEA director Paul-Louis Arslanian (French air accident investigation agency).
June 7 - Is this where the blame game begins? Air France had replaced sensors that had issues with ice/icy conditions for its A320s as the problem was documented in those planes in its fleet. The airline was in the process of replacing these same problematic sensors on the A330 series but had not yet done so as it seems the same issues that were seen on their A320s were not widely reported for its A330 or A340 aircraft. Seems Airbus warned Air France. So who will point the biggest finger? The airline that didn't enact recommended changes, or the manufacturer that built planes with these issues...
June 10 - Air France commits to making the changes for the speed sensors on all of its A330 aircraft. Though not confirmed, it is suspected that malfunctioning speed sensors may have had a part to play in the crash.
Brief summary of what's known so far - Air France 447 Missing, Presumed Crash - Heading to Paris From Rio de Janeiro.
June 2 - debris is spotted a few hundred miles off the coast of Brazil that may be from AF447. The passenger list from the flight is expected to be released soon by Air France.
June 3 - debris is confirmed to be that of Air France 447. A debris field of several miles is being searched.
June 4 - speculation that pilots may have slowed down the aircraft too much going through an area of severe turbulence, possibly causing the plane to stall and not being able to recover from the stall.
June 5 - previously confirmed debris from AF447 now believed to have been trash from other vessels and not the Paris bound flight. The search for signs of flight 447 continue.
June 6 - causes of the Air France 447 tragedy are now including multiple systems failure and speed monitoring failure (a flaw that is now repairable but has caused issues with A330 aircraft - "We have seen a certain number of these types of faults on the A330," says BEA director Paul-Louis Arslanian (French air accident investigation agency).
June 7 - Is this where the blame game begins? Air France had replaced sensors that had issues with ice/icy conditions for its A320s as the problem was documented in those planes in its fleet. The airline was in the process of replacing these same problematic sensors on the A330 series but had not yet done so as it seems the same issues that were seen on their A320s were not widely reported for its A330 or A340 aircraft. Seems Airbus warned Air France. So who will point the biggest finger? The airline that didn't enact recommended changes, or the manufacturer that built planes with these issues...
June 10 - Air France commits to making the changes for the speed sensors on all of its A330 aircraft. Though not confirmed, it is suspected that malfunctioning speed sensors may have had a part to play in the crash.
- Waiting for Signs of Air France Flight 447 - from the About Guide to Brazil Travel - and a message of condolences in English and Portugese.
- Map of Air France 447's route - following the events of AF447 late on May 31, into June 1.
- A few of Air France's press releases - release 1, and release 4. Release 5 lists all of the many nationalities on board.
- Debris possibly found from AF447 (June 2)
- Debris field confirmed as AF447 as the New York Times reports "Wreckage of Air France Jet Is Found, Brazil Says" (June 3)
- Air France Flight 447 'may have stalled at 35,000ft' (June 4)
- Bodies recovered and speed sensor issues (June 7)
- Airbus A330 Safety Record - Times UK looks at the A330's solid safety record.
- Excellent collaborative piece from the AP that discusses possible causes, search efforts, and what is happening on the ground in both Paris and Rio de Janeiro.
- Airlines and Accidents - Commercial Airline Crashes with Fatalities - 2009
- Chances of Surviving an Airplane Crash over Water
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