Plane Crash Recreated S1E7: AF447 / Air France
- Aired: 2021-05-26
- Runtime: 45 minutes
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Overview
On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, dramatically vanished over the Atlantic Ocean. With little trace of the aircraft, an intense sea search commenced with the wreckage only being found nearly two years after the initial disappearance. Salvaged flight recorders revealed a tragic series of events that led to the aircraft plummeting into the ocean, killing everyone onboard. In this episode, BEA investigators give insight into the intense case of the missing Airbus A330.