On the night of 30 November 2009, an Air France A330, flying Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG) called Mayday as a response to severe turbulence due to weather and to alert others in the area that it was deviating from this its approved flight level without ATC authority, (which could not be reached/obtained). […]
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Mayday Call on Air France 445 (the former AF447) on 30Nov2009
Published by December 5th, 2009 in A330, Accidents, Air France, Air traffic control, Brazil, France, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. 0 CommentsAir France 447 Accident Preliminary Report
Published by July 9th, 2009 in A330, Accidents, Air France, Airbus, Brazil, France, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Weather. 0 CommentsFrance’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) has released its preliminary report into the tragedy of Air France 447, the A330 flight scheduled from Rio to Paris, that past 1 June. As most of the aircraft and the two black boxes have yet to be recovered, the investigators have limited data to work off of. We […]
“Mayday” and Air France 447
Published by June 2nd, 2009 in A330, Accidents, Air France, Airbus, Brazil, Communications, France, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. 0 CommentsFor Air France Flight 447, the A330 that disappeared enroute from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG), there are many news reports that state the pilots made no “Mayday” call. As an example, the AP story states, “The crew made no distress call before the crash, but the plane’s system sent an automatic message […]
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