Failure in finding AF447 wreckage. Missing Air France A330 search operation report. 05/06/2009

05 June 2009 Amazingly the long oil trace and debris fields spotted on Thursday do not belong to Flight AF447 - Brazilian authorities said. The amount of observed oil seems to be larger that the quantity the Airbus A330 would have carried and the frament picked up from the Atlantic proved also not to belong to the missing AF447 flight. Therefore the search operation fails at the moment to find the wreckage, puts the rescue teams on a dead track and approaches this tragic event more to a SF side.

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Air France Flight AF447 water crash - overview, picture timeline, updates

03 June 2009 The wreckage and debris field of Flight AF 447 were found Tuesday afternoon (CET) taking almost 36 hours of effort from rescuers and search teams. The GPS system would be of great help to trace the position of any flying object. Despite the fact that satellite technology is already available and being more developed, the costs and financial reasons determine the air companies not to use it. Some aircrafts are matched with GPS units, but they are quite "primitive" - like those used in the cars - due to fact that they are not reversible and capable of sending back data to the satellites.

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Air France tragedy above the Atlantic - Mysterious disappearance of Flight AF 447

02 June 2009 (13:00 GMT) It passed almost 36 hours since the disappearance of Air France Flight 447 and the missing passenger plane is nowhere to be found. The rescue and search mission continues across the Atlantic waters. The main questions that rise up is: What really made the A330-200 state-of-the-art jet to fall from sky? One speculative answer is related to lightning strike due to fact that the plane hit a storm area followed by a sequence of 4 minutes generation of warning signals announcing equipment failure on board aircraft. "The crash caused by lightning" theory is not fully accepted as long as a A330 jet is equipped with "fly by wire" protective system which controls electronically the movement of key surfaces of the airliner. Could an explosion onboard have brought down Flight AF447? Indeed this might be a realistic scenario backed up by the sudden loss of contact and total lack of communication with the crew. All the presumptions will be clarified when the search teams will find the AF447 FDR (Flight Data Recorder) and CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) respectively.
Update2: 14:00 GMT. Air France AF447 wreckage found along the scheduled path of the plane. Floating components and objects that seem to have belonged to A 447 flight were spotted at about 700 kilometers away from the Brazilian 21 islands archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. The search go on to gather enough evidence for confirming with certainty the debris of the Air France airliner.

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Air France jet plane from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappears off radar screen. AF447 disaster - a possible explosion?

01.June.2009 Air France flight AF447 with about 228 passengers (216 and 12 crew) on board has gone missing off the coast of Brazil. The Airbus A330 plane scheduled on a route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris took off at 7:30 p.m Sunday ET (22:30 GMT) from Galeao International Airport and planned to arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at 11:15 (09:15 GMT 01/06/2009). About 4 hours into the flight the radio contact was lost. Fear for a crash into Atlantic waters started to come up and Brazilian Air force already conducts the search and rescue opperation around Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, 365 kilometers away from the coast. Rio de Janeiro AF447 air catastrophe is considered the worst in the 75-year history of Air France and also the deadliest aviation tragedy since 2001 involving a plane of the french company.
Update2: At 19:00 GMT (01/06/09) the fate of the missing Air France flight was still unknown the hopes of finding survivors fading away and new Air France A 447 flight information is released.
AF447 statistics, chain of events timeline and possible scenarios: Besides the 12 crew members there were 126 men, 82 women, 7 children and a baby aboard - Air France said. Most part of the flight path is without radar contact; at 01:33 GMT the crew makes a last contact with traffic control and at 01:48 GMT the plane vanishes off the radar screen. Eighteen minutes later, at 02:14 GMT, the A330 jet generates a series of automatic messages and warning signals of some electrical troubles on board before entering a stormy region and the next check-in contact scheduled for 02:20 GMT never occured. In the last conversation the pilots reported an unforeseen and unexpected situation - AF airline company chief said.
A447 passenger nationalities list:
Air France and Brazilian authorities disclosed the passenger nationalities on board A447 flight: 61 French, 58 Brazilian, 26 Germans, 9 Italians and Chinese, 6 Swiss, 5 Lebanese, 5 British, 4 Hungarians, 3 Slovaks, 3 Irish, 3 Norwegians, 2 Moroccans, 2 American and individuals from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Demark, the Netherlands, Estonia, the Philippines, The Gambia, Iceland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and Turkey. It was not released yet information on the crew members.
Regarding the fact the A330 plane was not found yet, still remains the question: where is AF 447 flight? Air France A447 crash (supposition which looks increasingly likely) is the worst accident involving an Airbus A330 (a plane with an excelent safety record). Because an A330-200 has several different ways of communication and due to sudden loss of contact, the possibility of an explosion scenario is not ruled out.
Video report on AF447 flight crash and technical information.

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Football. Video Dinamo Bucuresti - FC Brasov 0-2 and Poli Timisoara - Unirea Urziceni 1-2. 31/05/2009

31.May.2009 Just one game before the end of the 2008-2009 edition, a dramatic change of situation occured in the Romanian Soccer Championship. Dinamo Bucharest lost any chance of winning the league after being defeated at home by 2-0 in a game with FC Brasov. To mention that Dinamo led clearly the championship for about 30 games (out of 34) and they collapsed in the last games when none expected. On the other side, the main rivals, Unirea Urziceni managed to reach 99% chances of wrapping their first Romanian league crown after a historical 2-1 away victory against Politehnica Timisoara. Now, with only one game remaining, the only team which can still take the throne is Poli Timisoara if UEFA grant them back 6 points deducted by Romanian Football Association in a previous penalty and if Urziceni loses the last game at home against Steaua Bucharest.
Highlights goals video Dinamo Bucharest - FC Brasov 0-2 31/05/2009 gol Maldarasanu 29
Highlights goals video Poli Timisoara - Unirea Urziceni 1-2 31/05/2009 penalty Urziceni
Poli Timisoara 1-2 Unirea Urziceni tv debates, comments - Unirea Urziceni campionii Romaniei GSP TV dezbateri, analiza, comentarii 31-05-2009

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