For eight days, the Alucia had been trolling the ocean near a spot known as the L.K.P., or the Last Known Position of Flight 447, the Air France jet that vanished in June 2009, about halfway ...

The pilots did it. Put bluntly, that seems to be what the latest report by French air crash investigators on the loss of Air France flight 447 two years ago is saying. More precisely, the pilots ...

Air France flight 447 had been in the air for three hours and 40 minutes since taking off from Rio de Janeiro on the evening of May 31, 2009. Strong turbulence had been shaking the plane for half ...

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The crash of Air France Flight 447 stumped investigators for more than two years and even now there are some unanswered questions. What lessons can the aviation industry take from this tragedy to ...

Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. June 6, 2012— -- The Airbus A330 has one of the most sophisticated automated piloting systems in the airline industry ...

What happened to Air France Flight 447? More than two years after the crash that took 228 lives, a new interim report from France's air accident investigation agency (BEA), based on cockpit voice ...

We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. Air France Flight 447 may have broken apart in the air, new reports indicate. A Brazilian newspaper cites unnamed investigators who say an examination ...

The younger Dubois was last heard from Sunday night, when the Air France Flight 447 he was captaining encountered fierce thunderstorms over the mid-Atlantic and plunged into the ocean with 228 ...

The crash of Air France Flight 447 stumped investigators for more than two years and even now there are some unanswered questions. What lessons can the aviation industry take from this tragedy to ...

By Nicola Clark Air France’s main pilots’ union and relatives of those killed in Flight 447 criticized reports suggesting that crucial errors made by the jet’s crew may have led to the disaster.