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Apr 03, 2017 air france flight 447 tragically crashed on 1 june, 2009. It took 2 years to find all the dead, who included 5 britons and 2 americans. Airing february 16, 2011 at 9 pm on pbs aired february 16, 2011 on pbs. The smells, sounds, and sensations of air france 447s final. Final report on what brought airliner down youtube. Air france flight 447s lessons four years later cbs news. In light of the chilling article about the final minutes of. Oct, 2014 air france 447 crashed into atlantic on may 31 2009 killing all 288 people. Air france flight 447 is currently the deadliest plane crash in air frances history. Air france flight 447 tragically crashed on 1 june, 2009.
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