Crash of Flight 447
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On June 1st, 2009, Air France Flight AF447 disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean while on route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Nova investigates how a state-or-the-art airliner with elaborate electronic safety and navigation features could apparently fly straight into a towering thunderstorm. Using expert testimony and messages transmitted by the doomed plane’s computer system, the events leading up the final moments are reconstructed.
