Hope Fades for Passengers and Crew Aboard Air France Flight 447, Nicolas Sarkozy Calls Accident “Catastrophe”

Any hope for finding survivors from the Air France Flight 447 from Brazil to France has faded as search teams have been left to scan massive amounts of the Atlantic Ocean with no real understanding of where the plane, carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew, vanished.

About four hours into its flight from Rio de Janeiro Air France Flight 447 sent an automatic message indicating that it had a short circuit. Many officials believe that may indicate the plane was struck by lightning as it had been traveling through an electrical storm.

It is believed that whatever caused the Airbus 330-200 to vanish it happened quickly because the pilots never had the time to issue a mayday. Officials have indicated that the flight had experienced heavy turbulence and there have been reports that the plane had lost cabin pressure prior to losing contact with air traffic controllers.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was at the Charles de Gaulle airport to meet with those who had been expecting to welcome the flight. Sarkozy acknowledged that hope of finding any survivors was “very small” and that the events were a “catastrophe the likes of which Air France has never seen.”

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