Ten years on, questions remain over response to Air France 447


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Debris from the missing Air France flight 447 is seen at the Air Force base in Recife June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

SEOUL/MONTREAL (Reuters) - As Air France pilots fought for control, an Airbus A330 passenger jet plummeted from 38,000 feet for four minutes, its engines running but its wings unable to seize enough air to fly.

The doomed jet, weighing 205 tonnes, was in freefall after entering an aerodynamic stall. The ordeal ended in tragedy in the early hours of June 1, 2009 https://reut.rs/2YYR1lt, mid-way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris during an Atlantic storm, killing all 228 people on board.

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