Air France passenger plane missing with 215 aboard
16:15, 1 June 2009
PARIS. June 1. KAZINFORM A passenger plane belonging to Air France went missing Monday with 215 people on board, news agencies reported, quoting a Paris airport spokesperson; Kazinform has learned from Xinhua.
The passenger jet, which was bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, lost contact with the control center shortly its takeoff from Rio de Janeiro.
Reports said the plane disappeared from radar screen over the Atlantic off the Brazilian coast.
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