Read more Air France stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/28064/air-france.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63394/air-france-flight-hit-water-intact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean. Alain Bouillard, leading the investigation into the June 1 crash for the French accident investigation agency BEA, also says life vests found among the wreckage of the plane were...http://www.newser.com/story/63394/air-france-flight-hit-water-intact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 9:04:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62830/air-france-pilots-body-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe body of the pilot of the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1 has been recovered, Reuters reports. A pilots union identified him as Marc Dubois, a 58-year-old Frenchman who had 21 years of experience at the airline. A male steward also was identified. More...http://www.newser.com/story/62830/air-france-pilots-body-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 12:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62574/signals-detected-but-officials-deny-theyre-flight-447s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRescuers are hot on the track of signals picked up deep in the Atlantic that could be from one of Air France Flight 447's black boxes, Le Monde reported today, but a French official denied that the signals could be originating from the doomed plane's flight recorder. “The black boxes...http://www.newser.com/story/62574/signals-detected-but-officials-deny-theyre-flight-447s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 6:28:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61930/air-france-airbuses-get-new-speed-sensors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll of Air France’s long-haul Airbus jets have had their airspeed sensors replaced, AFP reports. A pilots union says the airline accelerated its program to switch out questionable pitot tubes on A330s and A340s. Though the circumstances are unknown, some think a faulty sensor could have caused Flight 447 to...http://www.newser.com/story/61930/air-france-airbuses-get-new-speed-sensors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 12:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61873/paris-air-show-hits-turbulence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClouds hang over the launch of the 100th anniversary Paris Air Show today as investigators continue to pore over the wreckage of Air France flight 447. Bad business news combines with the tragedy to make this year's event less than stellar. Russia's first post-Soviet jetliner is expected to upstage Western...http://www.newser.com/story/61873/paris-air-show-hits-turbulence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 2:51:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61861/terrorists-didnt-down-flight-447-autopsies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAutopsy reports indicate that Air France flight 447 did not crash because of a terrorist strike, the Independent reports. Examinations of the first 16 bodies—all recovered whole—show no signs of explosion, fire, or penetration by shards of metal. The autopsy details, leaked to the Brazilian press this weekend,...http://www.newser.com/story/61861/terrorists-didnt-down-flight-447-autopsies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 16:21:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61677/families-join-manslaughter-probe-in-plane-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree families of victims in the Air France crash have signed on as plaintiffs in a manslaughter probe into the Air France crash, reports the BBC. Under French law, they'll now have access to investigative files. The Paris prosecutor launched the probe last week, which is routine in such cases....http://www.newser.com/story/61677/families-join-manslaughter-probe-in-plane-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 3:08:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61494/two-on-flight-447-labeled-terror-threats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo people on board crashed Air France Flight 447 were on a French list of radical Muslims seen as terror threats, London’s Evening Standard reports. French security officials sent to Brazil discovered the passengers’ status; a security insider called the terror link “highly significant,” though it could be a “macabre...http://www.newser.com/story/61494/two-on-flight-447-labeled-terror-threats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 13:32:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61510/sub-joins-search-for-air-france-black-box.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA French nuclear submarine has joined the search for Air France Flight 447’s black boxes, ABC News reports. The sub boasts high-tech sonar equipment, which could help detect the acoustic signals the flight recorders transmit. The sub will work alongside a French research vessel set to arrive Friday, carrying underwater...http://www.newser.com/story/61510/sub-joins-search-for-air-france-black-box.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 12:27:02 CDT