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Air France (4): "L'aereo potrebbe essere stato colpito da un fulmine"

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile - A bordo anche 8 bambini

Secondo Francois Brousse, responsabile della comunicazione di Air France, l'Airbus A-330 disperso da questa mattina sarebbe stato colpito da un fulmine. Questo spiegherebbe il corto circuito ed i problemi elettrici segnalati dall'equipaggio dopo aver attraversato una zona di forte turbolenza (vedi AVIONEWS). A bordo 12 membri d'equipaggio e 216 passeggeri. Tra questi ci sarebbero 126 uomini, 82...

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Roma, Italia, 06/01/2009 15:35
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