Air France Flight 447 crash

Air France Flight 447

Air France Flight 447 (abbreviated AF447) was a scheduled commercial flight from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, the Airbus A330-203 airliner serving the flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 216 passengers and 12 aircrew. The accident was the deadliest in the history of Air France,^[5][6] and has been described as the worst accident in both French and Brazilian aviation history.^{[citation needed]} It was the second fatal accident involving an Airbus A330, the first while in commercial passenger service, and the deadliest for this aircraft type.

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