Air France jet crash

On Monday June 2 an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, the airline's worst disaster in its 75-year history.

The Air France A330-200 was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it plunged into the sea four hours into its flight. Air France has told relatives of the passengers and crew on board there is no hope of survivors.

Wreckage from the crash was spotted the following day but it took boats even longer to travel the 650km out to sea from the coast of Brazil to begin collecting the debris which was spread over a 90km radius.

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