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The Search: Flight 447
-17 bodies found 45 miles from last transmission
-two airplane seats, debris with Air France’s logo, and recovered dozens of structural components from the plane
-Tuesday Brazilian and French ships will be using American equipment to listen for the missing beacon.
French Statement:
ORGANISATION DE L’ENQUETE TECHNIQUE
L’Airbus A 330-200, immatriculé F-GZCP, exploité par Air France, vol AF 447, a disparu dans la nuit du 31 mai au 1er juin 2009. L’avion avait à son bord 216 passagers et 12 membres d’équipage et assurait la liaison Rio-de-Janeiro (Brésil) – Paris-Charles de Gaulle (France).
L’avion ayant disparu dans les eaux internationales, le BEA, représentant l’Etat d’immatriculation, a ouvert une enquête, conformément à l’Annexe 13 à la Convention relative à l’aviation civile internationale et au Code de l’Aviation civile (Livre VII).
Une équipe d’enquête a été constituée et s’est mise au travail.
L’enquêteur désigné, M. Alain BOUILLARD, a constitué quatre groupes de travail dans les domaines suivants :
Recherches en mer,
Historique de l’avion,
Exploitation de l’avion,
Systèmes et équipements.
Deux enquêteurs du BEA accompagnés de spécialistes d’Airbus et d’Air France sont actuellement à Rio de Janeiro.
Le BEA prévoit de publier un premier rapport fin juin.

Malaysia Approves U.S. Firm’s Plan To Restart Search For Missing MH370 Plane
MH370 went missing under unexplained circumstances nearly a decade ago and aside from a few pieces of debris, the aircraft’s remains are yet to be found.

Plane crashed near Larkspur during lesson on emergency procedures
Pilot told investigators that engine problems preceded the June crash.

NTSB investigators say small plane crash in Douglas County happened during emergency procedure drill


KCI closed due to ‘rapid ice accumulation,’ Kansas City Chiefs charter plane stranded at airport
A Kansas City Chiefs “touchdown” in Denver is in jeopardy
French Airbus Package Not Called Bailout
ven though France is putting $6.5 billion euros into banks with the sole intent of financing Airbus purchases, this plan is not being called a bailout.
Airbus is owned by the European aerospace group. In fact, the French state owns 15% of EADS. At the same time, EADS is cutting 10,000 jobs because of cost over-runs to the A380 super-jumbo project.
This is the first time that the French government has directed this much funding into the aviation/aeronautics industry, apparently a diversionary tactic to allay damage to their hard-hit automobile/tourism industry. This funding is in addition to a prior pledge of smaller scale assistance to aeronautical suppliers and researchers.
Expect protests from Boeing over the controversial nature of state aid.