Air France jet with 215 missing off Brazil

01 June,2009 04:21 PM IST |   |  AFP

An Air France passenger jet with 215 people on board is missing after dropping off radar over the Atlantic off the Brazilian coast today, a Paris airport official said.


An Air France passenger jet with 215 people on board is missing after dropping off radar over the Atlantic off the Brazilian coast today, a Paris airport official said.

Air traffic control lost contact with the flight at 11:30 IST shortly after it took off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.

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