Feel so sad for all the passengers including the extraordinary
photographer, who kept his cool even in his last moments of life
and took this photo. Hats off to him!!!
The world saw the disappearance of an A330 Air France during
a trans Atlantic flight between Rio to Paris . Two shots taken
inside the plane before it crashed. Unbelievable! Photos taken
inside the aircraft.....
The two photos attached were apparently taken by one of the
passengers before the aircraft crashed. The photos were retrieved
from the camera's memory stick. You will never get to see photos
like this. In the first photo, there is a gaping hole in the
fuselage through which you can see the tailplane and vertical
fin of the aircraft. In the second photo, one of the passengers
is being sucked out of the gaping hole.
These photos were found in a digital Casio Z750, amidst the
remains. Although the camera was destroyed, the Memory Stick
was recovered. Investigating the serial number of the camera,
the owner was identified as Paulo G. Muller, an actor of a
theater for children known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre .
It can be imagined that he was standing during the turbulence,
he managed to take these photos, just seconds after the tail
loss the aircraft plunged. The structural stress probably
ripped the engines away, diminishing the falling speed,
protecting the electronic equipment but not unfortunately the
victims. Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and
Beatriz.
2009/06/02
MISSING AIR FRANCE PLANE: Pilots, crew very experienced + list of victims' nationalities
PARIS, Tues:
The pilots and cabin crew on board flight AF 447, which disappeared on Monday over the Atlantic, were a very experienced team, French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said.
The 12-strong crew on the Air France jet was made up of a pilot, two co-pilots, and nine cabin crew.
Among the cabin crew were six hostesses and stewards, five of whom were French and one Brazilian.
they were a very experienced crew with a well-maintained aircraft, who were extremely reliable,t Borloo said. this is normally the safest situation to be in.t
The captain was 58 and had been an Air France pilot since 1988, Air France said in a statement.
He had 11,000 flying hours under his belt, 1,700 of which were on Airbus A330s or A340s, the airline said.
Nationalities on board missing Air France flight
Seventy-two French, 58 Brazilians, and 26 Germans were among the 228 people of 32 different nationalities on an Air France jet missing over the Atlantic, the airline said. The figures were revised slightly from a prior estimate on Monday. Air France chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said the variations were due to some passengers who have double nationality.
The latest list provided by Air France said the following people were on the Rio de Janeiro-Paris flight:
:: 72 French (11 crew and 61 passengers)
:: 59 Brazilians (1 crew and 58 passengers)
:: 26 Germans
:: 9 Chinese, Italians
:: 6 Swiss
:: 5 British, Lebanese
:: 4 Hungarians
:: 3 Irish, Norwegians, Slovaks
:: 2 Americans, Moroccans, Poles
:: 1 Argentine, Austrian, Belgian, Canadian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Gambian, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, South African, Swedish, Turkish
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