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Published 11/07/2009 by Routes Online


AF: 'Multiple technical failures' on A330; Brazil's air force spots debris

Air France CEO Pierre-Henry Gourgeon said the A330-200 carrying 228 passengers and crew that crashed late Sunday into the Atlantic Ocean experienced "multiple technical failures," and the Brazilian air force yesterday spotted debris where a TAM flight crew had seen spots of fire on the ocean surface shortly...

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...said AF447 "had sent a succession of a dozen datalink technical messages" indicating that "several...
AF: 'Multiple technical failures' on A330; Brazil's air force spots debris [Routes Online - 11/07/2009]
...indicating that "several electrical systems had broken down. . .It is probable that it was shortly after these messages that the impact in the Atlantic came" (ATWOnline, June 2...
AF: 'Multiple technical failures' on A330; Brazil's air force spots debris [Routes Online - 11/07/2009]
...as other objects. "The locations where the objects were found are toward the right of the point where the last signal of the plane was emitted" an air force spokesperson...
AF: 'Multiple technical failures' on A330; Brazil's air force spots debris [Routes Online - 11/07/2009]

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