France/Air France Flight AF447

Vertical Stabilizer recovered on 7 June 2009

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Air France Flight AF447

Air France Flight AF447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009. The approximate location was known; the first floating debris was recovered on Day 5; and the surface search continued for 26 days.

The underwater search took nearly two years; the wreckage was found 671 days after the flight went missing.

The main article for Air France Flight AF447 is at Air France Flight AF447 (2009).

This article includes a comparison between Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and Air France Flight AF447 published by the JACC (Australia), and includes the relevant Wikipedia article as an embedded link.

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