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17 bodies recovered from Air France crash site

6/08/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

After days of fruitless search, rescuers of Air France flight no. 447 which crashed last week in the Atlantic ocean reported finding at least 17 bodies floating at sea. The remains were probably part of the 229 passengers and crew who died when the plane mysteriously fell from the sky. To bodies would be brought to the mainland in the coastal city of Recife for identification.

The disaster is the worst aviation accident since 2001, and unprecedented in Air France's 75-year history. ---www.channelnewsasia.com / AFP (06/08/09)

With no hope of finding survivors, Brazilian and French authorities continue to search an area of 1,1000 kilometers in the northeast coast of Brazil to recover remnants of the aircraft whose black box is yet to be recovered. They are still investigating to determine the cause of the fatal disaster. (Photo Credit: Reuters / Brazilian Airforce) =0=

RELATED BLOG: "Air France crash mourners in Paris, France" Posted by mesiamd at 6/06/2009

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Labels: Air France, airplane, aviation, Brazil, crash, disaster, France, investigation, mortality, Paris, rescue, Totie Mesia

Air France crash mourners in Paris, France

6/06/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

Relatives and friends of those who vanished with the ill-fated Air France carrier which plunged in the Atlantic Ocean gathered outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France on June 3, 2009. In a solemn remembrance, they recalled the memory of the 228 passengers and crew still missing since the AF Flight 447 crashed on Monday, June 1. 2009 on the way Paris to Rio de Janeiro.

Attempts to find the exact wreckage location and the plane’s black box have so far been unsuccessful. No traces of survivors or bodies of those who might have died are recovered. Pieces of wreckage reported to be from the ill-fated aircraft turned out to be debris from other sources. The cause of the crash remains a mystery. (Photo Credit: (AFP/POOL/ Edme, B)=0=

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Labels: Air France, Atlantic Ocean, aviation, black box, Brazil, crash, France, missing, Paris, Recollection, rescue, Rio de Janeiro, Totie Mesia

Air France jetliner with 228 passengers vanished on the way to Paris

6/02/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

The search of the missing Air France jetliner with 228 passengers is on. The aifcraft lost communication on its way from Rio Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France last night. The plane reported the loss of pressure and some electrical problem before it vanished in the radar screen.

It is believed that the twin engine airbus AF Flight number 447 was somewhere between Natal on the Brazilian shore and Cape Verde, off the coast of Senegal when it encountered bad weather and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

So far the search has not yielded the location of the missing plane. French President Nicolas Sarkozy told worried relatives that the chance of having survivors in the vast plane crash area is nil.

Most of the victims are French and Brazilian nationals, but there are passengers from about 30 countries including American, Filipino, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Belgian, German, and Moroccan. A French doctor and his wife narrowly escaped the tragedy when they were refused to board because the aircraft was full. (Photo Credit: caribb) =0=

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Labels: Air France, aviation, Brazil, crash, France, missing, Paris, Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy, Rio de Janeiro, Totie Mesia, travel, traveler

Falcons to drive away birds at airport

2/02/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

After the near death of passengers of United Airways Flight 1549 that went on emergency landing in NY Hudson River because of an encounter with birds which stopped the airplane's engines, Andrew Barnes of Falcon Environmental Services, Inc. (FES) said falcons are the best tools to prevent hitting errant birds and clearing runways.

New York Port Authority (PA) has a five-year $3 million agreement with John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport to use falconry and a state-of-the art bird radar system. After the scary US Airways Flight 1549 bird collision last month, the PA has asked the Federal Aviation administration (FAA,) to install the bird detecting system at LaGuardia. --- Daily News (02/01/09, Launger, J)

Working to shoo away birds in the McGuire Airbase in New Jersey, Barnes believes the predatory falcon which is used in JFK Airport for the last 10 years is effective in scaring away gulls and other avian species that pose hazards to incoming and outgoing aircrafts. (Photo Credit: Vidular) =0=

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Labels: airplane, aviation, bird, falcon, JFK airport, La Guardia, Legazpi airport, Totie Mesia

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