Airbus A330 F-GZCP

Summary

On 1 June 2009 at about 02:20 local time, a Airbus A330 registered F-GZCP, operated by Air France, was involved in an accident near Atlantic, France. 228 people were on board and 228 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 June 2009 at 02:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic, France

Coordinates

2.9800, -30.5900

Aircraft

Airbus A330

Registration

F-GZCP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air France

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA09RA052

228 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

At approximately 0214 UTC Air France flight 447, an Airbus 330, registration F-GZCP, en route from Rio de Janerio, Brazil to Paris, France lost contact with ATC over the Atlantic Ocean. Automatic maintenance messages were recieved, and some wreckage has been recovered. Strong convective weather was in the vicinity. The investigation is being led by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) The US NTSB is participating as the State of Manufacture of the General Electric engines. For information see http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol.af.447/vol.af.447.php

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.