Air France plane crashes into the Atlantic,228 feared dead
A missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into lightning and strong thunderstorms over Atlantic Ocean.
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A missing Air France passenger jet with 228 people on board was probably struck by lightning and suffered an electrical failure as it flew through a fierce Atlantic storm.
“The most likely thing is that the plane was hit by lightning. The plane was in a stormy area with strong turbulence,which provoked problems,” said Francois Brouse,Air France’s director of communications.
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In a separate statement,the airline said the plane’s systems had sent an automatic error message at 0214 GMT reporting a “fault in an electronic circuit” during its flight from Rio de Janeiro towards Paris.
