AN Air France passenger jet with 228 (216 passengers,12 crew members) people on board is missing after dropping off the radar over the Atlantic off the Brazilian coast. "We are very worried," a Paris airport official said.
"The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago. It could be a transponder problem, but this kind of fault is very rare and the plane did not land when expected."
Air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A330 at 0600 GMT (1600 AEST) after it took off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, where it had been due to land at 0910 GMT (1910 AEST).
Airport authorities have set up a crisis cell at Charles de Gaulle.
Meanwhile the Brazilian Air force is conducting a search.
Article credit Reuters
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