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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
air disaster
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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
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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
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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
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| flightType | scheduled international passenger flight ⓘ |
| IATAFlightNumber |
Air France Flight 447
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| ICAOFlightNumber |
Air France Flight 447
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| impactOutcome |
aircraft destroyed
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total hull loss ⓘ |
| intendedArrivalDateLocal | 2009-06-01 morning ⓘ |
| investigatingAuthority |
Bureau d’enquêtes et d’analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile
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Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety
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| investigatingAuthorityAbbreviation | BEA ⓘ |
| maximumDepthOfWreckage | about 3900 m ⓘ |
| memorialsLocation |
Brazil
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France ⓘ |
| monthOfAccident | June ⓘ |
| notableClassification |
deadliest Airbus A330 accident at the time
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deadliest accident in Air France history at the time ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
changes in airline safety management practices
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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
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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
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thunderstorms ⓘ |
| wreckageRecovery | underwater search operation ⓘ |
| yearOfAccident | 2009 ⓘ |
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