The details of the Air France flight that disappeared in the early hours of Monday 1 June remain a mystery but French officials are now giving weight to the theory that the aircraft was the victim of heavy storms over the Atlantic. Search efforts involving ships and planes are several countries continue, with reports in the French language media that debris from the plane appears to have been found off the coast of Senegal. AFP/Le Monde, Fre and BBC, CNN
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Tags: Air France, Atlantic, Brazil, crash, flight AF447, paris, Rio de Janeiro
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June 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
[...] of the 228 persons on board were French and Brazilian with 61 and 58 passengers respectively. Debris has been found off the coast of Senegal although it has not been confirmed whether or not it belongs to AF447. The missing plane sent an [...]