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The aircraft struck the ocean belly-first at a speed of 152 knots (282 km/h; 175 mph), comprising vertical and horizontal components of 108 knots (200 km/h; 124 mph) and 107 knots (198 km/h; 123 mph), respectively. All 228 passengers and crew on board died on impact from extreme trauma and the aircraft was destroyed. [88] [2] [86]
1 paź 2024 · On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, tragically disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. This video tells the heart-wrenching story of one of the most mysterious and catastrophic air disasters in aviation history.
1 cze 2022 · On this day, 13 years ago, during the early morning of June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 was cruising at flight level 350 (approximately 35,000ft) over the Atlantic Ocean, having departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bound for Paris, France.
28 lip 2010 · 1 June: An Air France Airbus 330 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashes into the Atlantic with 228 people on board. Search teams later recover some 50 bodies in the ocean. Search teams...
12 maj 2021 · Twelve years after an Air France Airbus plane crashed into the Atlantic killing 228 people, a court has ruled that the airline and manufacturer should go on trial for involuntary manslaughter....
In December 1947, this plane suffered an engine failure shortly after its takeoff from the airfield on Malta and crashed into the water, where it has resided on the seabed since. Credit: University of Malta. So what mysteries can maritime archaeology help uncover about these wartime behemoths?
15 paź 2018 · A Helios Airways flight from Cyprus crashed on August 14, 2005 near its destination Athens, killing all 121 on board. The crash was caused by a loss of cabin pressurization that immobilized the...
