More than 16 years after the crash of an Air France jet between Rio de Janeiro and Paris that killed all 228 people on board, the airline and aircraft manufacturer Airbus were once again standing ...

The mystery of what took down Air France Flight 447 over the Atlantic, killing all 228 on board, has haunted investigators for two years. Now aviation expert Clive Irving reconstructs a timeline of ...

An appeals trial of Air France and Airbus opens today over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in the French flag carrier’s history. On June 1, 2009, Air ...

Airbus and Air France pleaded not guilty to manslaughter on Monday at the start of a new two-month trial over France's worst air disaster, 16 years after a Paris-bound jet crashed into the Atlantic, ...

The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world. The loss was difficult to understand given the remarkable safety record of commercial aviation. How could a ...

An update on the investigation chronicles the final minutes. May 27, 2011 -- It took three minutes and 30 seconds for Air France flight 447 to descend 38,000 feet before it plunged into the Atlantic ...

FERNANDO DE NORONHA ? A Brazilian helicopter crew recovered the first wreckage from Air France Flight 447 on Thursday, fishing a structural support piece about eight feet (2.5 meters) long from the ...

The newest report from the French investigation bureau BEA finds that confusion reigned in the cockpit as the doomed Air France flight 447 fell out of the sky and into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, ...

The plane apparently encountered heavy icing, causing sensors to malfunction. May 24, 2011 -- Nearly two years after Air France flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 228 people, the ...

A new report by BEA, the French aviation accident investigation agency, on the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in the Atlantic Ocean has found that the crew lacked the ...