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Posted by Leon on Jun-02-2009 02:23:

Air France jet missing over Atlantic

i don't mean to be the bearer of bad news with that other seemingly random air travel topic lurking around... but

quote:
PARIS/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An Air France jet disappeared after hitting stormy weather over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and all 228 people on board were feared dead.

France and Brazil sent military planes and ships to scour a vast area of ocean where the Airbus A330 may have come down during the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. But officials said there was little chance that anyone could have survived.

"It's a tragic accident. The chances of finding survivors are tiny," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport after meeting passengers' relatives.

If no survivors are found, it would be the worst loss of life involving an Air France plane in the carrier's 75-year history. An Airbus A330 has never been lost during a commercial airline flight and it is extremely unusual for an airliner to be brought down by storms.

The plane was carrying 216 passengers of 32 nationalities, including seven children and one baby, Air France said. Sixty-one were French citizens, 58 Brazilian and 26 German. Twelve crew members were also on board.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topN...eedName=topNews

'People look at the arrivals screen showing Air France flight AF447 as "delayed" at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 1, 2009.'

bad stuff..

Posted by nchs09 on Jun-02-2009 02:24:

ahhh.. welcome to 12 hours ago

Posted by Cpt.Cocaine on Jun-02-2009 02:25:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
ahhh.. welcome to 12 hours ago

This thread was delayed.

Posted by Leon on Jun-02-2009 02:26:

i just found out about it now ;/ last time i turned on the news today i saw something about jon & kate

Posted by nchs09 on Jun-02-2009 02:27:

It was on the news at the top of the hour at 9:30 when i woke up.

Posted by Sunsnail on Jun-02-2009 02:27:

Right now I wanna be that passenger who was flying on standby who ended up not being able to fly on that flight. I bet he's having a mindfuck right now

Posted by jupiterone on Jun-02-2009 02:35:

the thread started is obviously in a time-loop. he posted this 1 year ago and it just popped up

Posted by woscar on Jun-02-2009 03:22:

quote:
Originally posted by jupiterone
the thread started is obviously in a time-loop. he posted this 1 year ago and it just popped up

The question is...was this the way it always happened?

Posted by fbgdavidson on Jun-02-2009 03:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
Right now I wanna be that passenger who was flying on standby who ended up not being able to fly on that flight. I bet he's having a mindfuck right now

Reminds me of Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy & American Dad) who was due to be on American flight 11 on 9/11. His travel agent gave him the wrong time for the flight (8.15am instead of the actual 7.45am) and because he overslept and arrived at the airport 15 minutes before actual departure he was denied check-in.

Posted by Krypton on Jun-02-2009 04:00:

hopefully they'r alive somewhere on an island

Posted by chach on Jun-02-2009 04:20:

wow like that joke is so original like omg who do you write for? omg you are so funny! omg omg omg!

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Jun-02-2009 04:28:

damn it. who forgot to push the numbers after 108 minutes?

Posted by Rose on Jun-02-2009 04:29:

quote:
Originally posted by fbgdavidson
Reminds me of Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy & American Dad) who was due to be on American flight 11 on 9/11. His travel agent gave him the wrong time for the flight (8.15am instead of the actual 7.45am) and because he overslept and arrived at the airport 15 minutes before actual departure he was denied check-in.

That is crazy. A few years ago my mom and grandma had a flight and something happened that they could choose which airline to go on and my mom was trying to go to this airline called Taca (I think) but my grandma for some reason was telling her no that she had a bad feeling and told her to wait for the other airline. My mom was pissed but whatever she waited and it turns out the plane my mom wanted to go out crashed halfway to its destination. Crazy as FUCK

Posted by woscar on Jun-02-2009 04:39:

Posted by Krypton on Jun-02-2009 05:05:

Wonder how terrifying it is to be in a plane that's going down. Horrible way to go.

Posted by boris_the_bear on Jun-02-2009 11:23:

not really the worst way to die. think being captured by Chechens or the Taliban

Posted by Ivand on Jun-02-2009 12:27:

Posted by aquila on Jun-02-2009 12:32:

dammit...I have to fly on friday and this isn't making me feel that good about it!

Posted by Ivand on Jun-02-2009 13:13:

quote:
Originally posted by aquila
dammit...I have to fly on friday and this isn't making me feel that good about it!

well, the fact that this happened now makes the chance that it would happen to you way smaller

Posted by jupiterone on Jun-02-2009 13:21:

i knew a girl in middle school that was supposed to be on the 9/11 plane with her family, because her father was getting promoted to a better job in los angeles. swear she didn't talk for days after that happened. her grandma ended up getting really sick that day which caused them to stay and take care of her for a few more weeks before they left

Posted by fbgdavidson on Jun-02-2009 13:28:

I guess it is not that odd considering how common overbooking is but anyway...

'A French couple have told how they begged to fly home on the doomed jet - but were turned away because it was full.

The husband and wife were desperate to return home to France, even trying to pull strings through contacts at the French embassy in Brazil to get on board, but the airline refused to let them fly.

Amina Jaffiol, 47, said: 'We were trying everything we could to get on board that plane because we needed to get back to France for work.

'But despite all our efforts, and even getting friends at the embassy to help, Air France refused to let us.

'Now we feel both very lucky and horrified at how close we came to death.' '

Posted by we_R_DNA on Jun-02-2009 13:32:

May all those souls lost at sea be at peace

Posted by jonSun on Jun-02-2009 15:28:

i guess they found a life jacket, plane seat & fuel in the water but no survivors so far.

Posted by Acton on Jun-02-2009 15:47:

quote:
Originally posted by jonSun
i guess they found a life jacket, plane seat & fuel in the water but no survivors so far.

They can't verify whether these are from the same plane or not until tomorrow

Posted by tubularbills on Jun-02-2009 19:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine
This thread was delayed.

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