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Published 11/07/2009 by Routes Online


More debris spotted at A330 crash site; weather's role examined

As more debris was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France A330-200 is suspected to have crashed Sunday night about 400 mi. northeast of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, French officials embarked on what they fear may be a difficult investigation owing to the depth of the...

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...Galeao provided "no indications that would lead one to conclude the aircraft had a problem at takeoff." BEA named Alain Bouillard...
...de Noronha. "Based on weather information from Fernando de Noronha, the updrafts associated with the thunderstorms may have reached up to 100 mph" AccuWeather said in...

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