AF447

An Air France A330 goes down in the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Paris. Find out how disorientation and equipment caused this plane to crash.

Thanks to Kevin Shaw for recommending this accident for this episode!

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?t=22778

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/world/europe/05brazil.html

https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a7813/air-france-447-and-the-limits-of-aviation-safety-10487501/

https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/underwater-archaeology/air-france-flight-447/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9231855/Air-France-Flight-447-Damn-it-were-going-to-crash.html

https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-april-4-2011-air-france-flight-447-wreckage-found-using-modern-oceanography-tools

Video Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBgJhFQAqrM

Research Sources:

https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/f-cp090601.en/pdf/f-cp090601.en.pdf

“Vanished .” Mayday Air Disasters, season 12, episode 13, Cineflix, 15 Apr. 2013.