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“ In addition to Flight 447, Air France had four other Paris-bound flights that left in the same broad time frame from that part of the world, according to an airline spokesman. One flight left Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 4:20 p.m. At that same moment, another Air France flight left nearby Sao Paulo. A third Air France flight left Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 5:50 p.m., also heading for Paris. A final Air France flight left Sao Paulo at 7:10 p.m., almost exactly when the doomed flight took off from Rio.
12 similar flights deepen Air France 447 mystery - CNN.com
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"I rottami recuperati non sono dell'aereo scomparso" - LASTAMPA.it
E’ sull’isola di LOST!!!
“ according to government data, 95.7% of the passengers involved in airplane crashes categorized as accidents actually survive. Then, if you look at the most serious plane crashes, that’s a smaller number; the survival rate in the most serious kinds of accidents is 76.6%.
Q&A: How to Survive a Plane Crash - TIME
“ Over at Cosmic Variance, John Conway ponders the idea that a meteor might have taken down the Air France flight that crashed over the Atlantic the other day.
Flying the meteoric skies | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
“ The Bermuda Triangle and missing aircraft may seem like science fiction, but there is a well documented region off of the coast of Brazil that contains highly charged particles. This area is known as the South Atlantic Anomaly and is avoided at all costs by orbiting satellites.
Baltimore Weather Examiner: Air France 447 electrical problems and the South Atlantic Anomaly
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“ The debris included an airplane seat cushion, a life jacket, some white pieces of material and signs of fuel, the spokesman, Jorge Amaral, said. It was sighted about 600 miles off Brazil’s northeastern coast and about 400 miles northeast of the Brazilian island of Fernando do Noronha, roughly along the plane’s scheduled flight path from Rio de Janiero to Paris.
Brazil Says Debris Found in Ocean Might Be From Plane - NYTimes.com
“ The search is continuing because it’s very little material in relation to the size” of the Air France Airbus A330, said Air France spokesman Jorge Amara
Jet debris discovered along path of vanished Air France Flight 447
“ It’s believed to be the first time a plane has gone down between South America and Europe (or vice versa) since the route was inaugurated in 1947
What Might Have Made the Air France Flight Disappear Over the Atlantic? - TIME
