Air France Flight 447

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Air France Flight 447 was a 2009 transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board and prompting major changes in aviation safety and pilot training.

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instanceOf air disaster
aviation accident
commercial passenger flight
aircraftEngineManufacturer General Electric
aircraftEngineModel CF6-80E1A3
aircraftEngines twin-engine jet
aircraftEngineType turbofan
aircraftManufacturer Airbus
aircraftModelFamily Airbus A330 NERFINISHED
aircraftRegistration F-GZCP
aircraftType Airbus A330-203 NERFINISHED
airline Air France
airspaceRegion Atlantic Ocean airspace between Brazil and Senegal
blackBoxesRecovered yes
cockpitVoiceRecorderRecovered yes
cockpitVoiceRecorderRecoveryDate 2011-05
contributingFactor automation confusion
inadequate crew resource management
inappropriate pilot inputs
pitot tube icing
unreliable airspeed indications
countryMostVictimsFrom France
countryOfOperator France
crashArea off the northeastern coast of Brazil
crashLocation Atlantic Ocean
crashRegion equatorial Atlantic Ocean
crewRole captain
first officer
relief pilot
dateOfAccident 2009-06-01
departureDateTimeLocal 2009-05-31 evening
destinationAirport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport NERFINISHED
destinationCity Paris
destinationCountry France
fatalities 228
flightDataRecorderRecovered yes
flightDataRecorderRecoveryDate 2011-05
flightNumber Air France Flight 447 self-linksurface differs
surface form: AF447
flightType scheduled international passenger flight
IATAFlightNumber Air France Flight 447 self-linksurface differs
surface form: AF447
ICAOFlightNumber Air France Flight 447 self-linksurface differs
surface form: AFR447
impactOutcome aircraft destroyed
total hull loss
intendedArrivalDateLocal 2009-06-01 morning
investigatingAuthority Bureau d’enquêtes et d’analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile
surface form: Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety
investigatingAuthorityAbbreviation BEA
maximumDepthOfWreckage about 3900 m
memorialsLocation Brazil
France
monthOfAccident June
notableClassification deadliest Airbus A330 accident at the time
deadliest accident in Air France history at the time
notableConsequence changes in airline safety management practices
changes in high-altitude manual flying training
changes in pilot training
changes in stall recovery training
debate on cockpit automation dependency
improvements in long-duration underwater search techniques
modification of pitot tubes on Airbus aircraft
revisions to procedures for unreliable airspeed
notableIssue aircraft remained in stall until impact
stall warning repeatedly activated
numberOfCrew 12
numberOfPassengers 216
onboardOccupants 228
operatorICAOCode AFR
originAirport Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport
originCity Rio de Janeiro
originCountry Brazil
phaseOfFlightAtAccident cruise
primaryCauseCategory loss of control in flight
routeType transatlantic
survivalRate 0%
survivors 0
timeOfLossOfContactUTC 2009-06-01 around 02:14
weatherCondition convective weather
thunderstorms
wreckageRecovery underwater search operation
yearOfAccident 2009

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Air France Flight 447 IATAFlightNumber Air France Flight 447 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AF447
Air France Flight 447 ICAOFlightNumber Air France Flight 447 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AFR447
Air France Flight 447 flightNumber Air France Flight 447 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AF447
Air France notableAccident Air France Flight 447