Air France jet with 215 missing off Brazil

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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