Objet : [flightsafety] Missing Air France Airbus A330-200; Flight 447, Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport, RJ (GIG) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) Accident description Status: Preliminary Date: 01 JUN 2009 Type: Airbus A330-203 Operator: Air France Registration: F-GZCP C/n / msn: 660 First flight: 2005-02-25 (4 years 3 months) Total airframe hrs: 18870 Engines: 2 General Electric CF6-80E1A3 Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 12 Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: 216 Total: Fatalities: / Occupants: 228 Airplane damage: Missing Location: Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) show on map Phase: En route (ENR) Nature: International Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil Destination airport: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France Flightnumber: 447 Narrative: An Air France Airbus A330-200 on transatlantic flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport, RJ (GIG) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) went missing around the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, 365 kilometers (226 miles) off the mainland. The airplane carried 12 crew members an 216 passengers. Flight AF447 departed at 19:03 local time (May 31) with a scheduled arrival time of 11:15 local French time (June 1). The aircraft went through a thunderstorm with strong turbulence at 02:00 UTC. An automated message was delivered by 02:14 indicating a failure of the electrical system. Sources: > CNN > Air France http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090601-0