AIRBUS A330 near Atlantic — 2009-06-01
Final reportDCA09RA052
- Date
- 2009-06-01
- Location
- Atlantic, FR
- Aircraft
- AIRBUS A330
- Registration
- F-GZCP
- Category
- Airplane
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatalities
- 228
Probable cause
Investigated by a foreign authority; NTSB does not determine probable cause.
NTSB narrative
At approximately 0214 UTC Air France flight 447, an Airbus 330, registration F-GZCP, en route from Rio de Janerio, Brazil to Paris, France lost contact with ATC over the Atlantic Ocean. Automatic maintenance messages were recieved, and some wreckage has been recovered. Strong convective weather was in the vicinity. The investigation is being led by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) The US NTSB is participating as the State of Manufacture of the General Electric engines. For information see http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol.af.447/vol.af.447.php