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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:53 PM

Published 07/03/2009 by Philadelphia Inquirer


Probe finds Air France jet crashed belly-first, intact

PARIS - French crash investigators said yesterday they have determined that an Air France jetliner that plunged from a stormy sky June 1 was intact when it smacked belly-first into the Atlantic Ocean at high speed, killing all 228 people aboard, but they acknowledged...

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Jet intact when it crashed in sea
An Air France jet that crashed en route from Brazil to Paris last month killing all 228 people on board did not break up in the air, French investigators said.. ... - [07/03/2009 - FT.com - World, Americas]
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Air France crash: passengers experienced death ... - [07/02/2009 - Telegraph]
Jet intact when it crashed in sea - [07/03/2009 - FT.com - Transport]
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...world airlines. "Today we are indeed far from establishing the causes of the accident" Bouillard said at the...
Probe finds Air France jet crashed belly-first, intact [Philadelphia Inquirer - 07/03/2009]

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