Brazil: Air France jet missing over Atlantic

Devilito · 06-01-2009, 06:38 AM

SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazil's Air Force says an Air France jet bound from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean and a search is under way near the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha.

An Air Force spokesman says the search and rescue mission was mounted Monday morning after the jet failed to make regular radio contact.

The spokesman said he could not immediately divulge how many people were on board the jet, or the make or flight number of the Air France jet.

He spoke on condition of anonymity, in keeping with Air Force policy.

Lonestar · 06-03-2009, 06:11 AM

Unfortunately we may never know the reason for them going down, nor find them. There are thousands of miles between Brazil and France, nearly all of it is ocean. The Black Box is probably somewhere at the bottom of the searight now.

Zodiac · 06-03-2009, 09:20 AM

Yeah I heard it's not likely they'll find the black box.

So what are some of your theories? What do you guys think happened?

Lonestar · 06-03-2009, 09:33 AM

I'm thinking its just a malfunction that sent them down. Probably electrical. And I think it all happened too quick for the pilots to do anything.

Another theory I've entertained in my mind is the cabin had rapid depressurization, and the oxygen masks failed to deploy.

That could have happened in conjunction with another failure of some sort.

Lonestar · 06-03-2009, 09:49 AM

lol I just went on Yahoo! and saw this in an article:

Quote:

The crew made no distress call before the crash, but the plane's system sent an automatic message just before it disappeared, reporting lost cabin pressure and electrical failure.

Expert: Air France black boxes may never be found - Yahoo! News

RussellPandorabox · 12-17-2009, 06:13 AM

Ho can it disappear? the flight was not flying over the Bermuda triangle.