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‘France’ News


Air France crash plane was not destroyed in flight: investigators

Friday, 3 July, 2009 0:00

Paris - The Air France Airbus A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic one month ago was not destroyed in flight, an official with the French Office of Accident Investigation (BEA) said Thursday at Le Bourget airport near Paris. Alain Bouillard, who i...Source : The Earth Times ...

Air France Flight 447 fell intact into sea, French report

Friday, 3 July, 2009 0:00

A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean.Source : L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (subscribe)Explore : Air France crash, World

Investigators: Air France Jet Broke Apart on Impact With Water

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 19:00

PARIS, July 2 -- French crash investigators said Thursday they have determined that an Air France jetliner that plunged from a stormy sky on June 1 was intact when it smacked belly-first into the Atlantic Ocean at high speed, killing all 228 people aboard, but acknowledged they still have ...

Comoros crash survivor returns to France as mourning begins - Summary

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 13:53

Paris/Johannesburg - The only known survivor of the crash of a Yemenia Airbus A310 near the Comoros islands, 12-year-old Bahiya Bakary, arrived at Le Bourget airport near Paris Thursday as France prepared to commemorate the 152 people who died in the...Source : The Earth Times Online Newspaper (...

EXTRA: Comoros launches crash probe with France, Yemen, US aid

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 12:11

... of three islands off south-east Africa, launched "Operation Enquete (operation investigation). France, which had 66 nationals on the plane that was carrying mainly Franco-Comorans, is participating in the investigation, along with Yemen and the United States, which supplied the engines of the Airbus 310, Abdillah Mougni, a ...

Al Qaeda vows ‘dreadful revenge’ on France over plans to ban the burkha

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 11:04

Burkha: President Sarkozy's call to ban the garment led to the terror threat That decisions about life in France should be made in accordance to outside threats - is a direct challenge to French sovereignty. Though Al Qaeda made similar noises when France banned headscarves and other outward religious symbols ...

Sole Comoros crash survivor returns home to France - Update

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 9:35

... plane was unsafe and should never have been allowed to fly. The A310 was banned from landing in France in 2007 after French Civil Aviation Authority inspectors detected a number of irregularities. However, a Yemenia company official said on Wednesday the plane's pilot did not issue a distress signal ...

More victims of Air France crash identified

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 9:20

Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month.Source : MSNBC.com (subscribe)Explore : Air France crash, World

France Cuts Tax on Restaurant Food

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 4:37

France's tax cut on restaurant food to 5.5% from 19.6% is aimed at helping to boost spending in one of the country's biggest industries -- but restaurateurs themselves say they don't expect much of a windfall.Source : Law Blog - WSJ.com (subscribe)Explore : ...

21 more victims of Air France crash identified

Thursday, 2 July, 2009 2:00

Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)Explore : Air France crash, World