Air France Flight 447 is Missing and Brazil Sends Ships and Plane in Search

The Air France Flight 447 with 228 on Board Crashes in Atlantic on Monday after its take off from Rio de Janerio to Paris. The plane automatic signal indicates that there occurred an electrical problem while it was passing through tempest. My heart felt condolences for the victim's family.

Toll-free numbers
Air France has also established a special toll-free number for the relatives and friends of passengers.

Phone numbers reserved for relatives and friends

0800 800 812 in France,
0800 881 20 20 in Brazil,
and + 33 1 57 02 10 55 for calls from all other countries.

Air France plane missing with people of 32 countries
Air France authority gave a press conference where they have indicated victims from 32 counties on route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, lost over Atlantic.

Brazilian and French Air force in search of air France 447
In a CNN interview it is mentioned that a through search has taken place by Brazilian and French Air force in search of victims of ill fated air France flight. Air France authority and Brazilian has indicated that they have also requested American government and air force help and co-operation in search of air France 447 victims.

Air France said among the 216 passengers, there were 126 men, 82 women, 7 children and a baby. The crew consisted of 12 members including 9 cabin crew. The air France spokesmen said Jorge Asuncao said there were 80 Brazilians, 73 French, 18 Germans, 9 Italians, 6 Americans, 5 Chinese, 4 Hungarians, 2 Spanish, 2 British, 2 Moroccans, 2 Irish. Air France spokesman while also mentioned from cnn that there were one each from Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, Philippines, Finland, Iceland, Russia, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Air France spokesman further mentioned that the , air France plane missing could have hit turbulence at about 0200 GMT on Monday about four hours after it left Rio, and 14 minutes later sent an automatic error message reporting a fault in an electrical circuits and the air france 447 found missing from the radar.

It is said the air france was the worst in Air disaster in recent times. In the hour all concerned should render full co-operation to see that the air france victim families are proper care given. The air france plane missing also had Erich Heine, chairman of the board of Thyssen Krupp's Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico (TKCSA), which will be Latin America's largest steel mill complex, is among the likely victims of Air France's Flight 447.