Airbus Tragedy: An Air France Plane Vanishes
Air France flight 447 carrying 228 people departed yesterday evening from Rio de Janeiro from Brazil to Paris. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Paris, but disappeared about 186 miles northeast of the coastal Brazilian city of Natal. The Takeaway has the latest from Rogerio Simoines, head of the BBC’s Brazilian Service.
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