Sunday, June 14, 2009

Plenty reasons to be gloomy at Paris Air Show

Plenty reasons to be gloomy at Paris Air Show

By EMMA VANDORE

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The Paris Air Show opens Monday under a morose, uneasy cloud.
Already reeling from the global recession, the aviation industry gathering in the city where Air France Flight 447 should have landed only two weeks ago has been shaken by the still unexplained crash.



Air France jet sent message on rudder problem

June 14 2009

Associated Press Writers= RIO DE JANEIRO (AP). A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert says.



Air France Plane Part Is Recovered by Merchant Ship

By Helder Marinho and Diana Kinch

June 14 (Bloomberg) -- A merchant ship traveling between Uruguay and the United Kingdom found a “medium size” piece of debris from the Air France plane crash site in the Atlantic Ocean, the Brazilian military said yesterday.



Crash jet ‘split in two at high altitude’

June 14, 2009

THE Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic with 228 people on board broke apart before it hit the water, throwing out some passengers at high altitude, investigators believe.



Error Messages From Air France Jet Offer Details but Little Insight

By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: June 12, 2009

Marcelo Sayao/European Pressphoto Agency

Debris recovered from Air France Flight 447 was displayed Friday for the press in Recife, Brazil. Searchers have also found 44 bodies, including three on Friday.



Flight 447 mystery likely to cast shadow over Paris Air Show

June 12, 2009

The loss of the Air France Airbus A-330 will be one of the main talking points in Paris.
The loss of the Air France Airbus A-330 will be one of the main talking points in Paris.

(CNN) -- The world's premier air show takes place in Paris next week, with the recent loss of Air France flight 447 over the Atlantic Ocean likely to cast a shadow over the event.



Video: Le Bourget 2009 - Paris Air Show on FRANCE 24


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