# NTSB DCA09RA052: Airbus A330, Atlantic, France, June 1, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 1, 2009, 02:20 local (02:20 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic, France
- Coordinates: 2.98, -30.59 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=2.9800&lon=-30.5900&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 228 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73941
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09RA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73941/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09RA052

## Probable cause

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## Analysis

At approximately 0214 UTC Air France flight 447, an Airbus 330, registration F-GZCP, en route from Rio de Janerio, Brazil to Paris, France lost contact with ATC over the Atlantic Ocean. Automatic maintenance messages were recieved, and some wreckage has been recovered. Strong convective weather was in the vicinity. The investigation is being led by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) The US NTSB is participating as the State of Manufacture of the General Electric engines. For information see http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol.af.447/vol.af.447.php

## Factual narrative

At approximately 0220 UTC Air France flight 447, an Airbus A330, registration F-GZCP, en route from Rio de Janerio, Brazil to Paris, France lost contact with ATC over the Atlantic Ocean. Automatic maintenance messages were recieved, and some wreckage has been recovered. Strong convective weather was in the vicinity. The investigation is being led by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) The US NTSB is participating as the State of Manufacture of the General Electric engines. For information see http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol.af.447/vol.af.447.php

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-GZCP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (203)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 660
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air France
- Registered owner: Air France
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Flight plan: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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