{"id":1623,"date":"2009-06-01T07:52:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2009-06-01T07:52:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T14:52:52","slug":"reports-lightning-may-have-brought-down-air-france-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/reports-lightning-may-have-brought-down-air-france-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Lightning may have brought down Air France flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1624\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1624\" title=\"Air France Flight 447 is missing over the Atlantic this morning and presumed lost.  (AP Photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/001-s.jpg\" alt=\"Air France Flight 447 is missing over the Atlantic this morning and presumed lost.  (AP Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/001-s.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/001-s-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air France Flight 447 is missing over the Atlantic this morning and presumed lost. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An Air France jet en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 people appears to have been lost over the Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The plane which disappeared approximately 190 miles northeast of the Brazilian city of Natal may have been brought down by severe weather the plane was flying through at the time it lost contact with air traffic controller.<\/p>\n<p>Air France Flight 447 is reported to have hit strong turbulence and possibly lightning as the result of a thunderstorm.\u00a0 Air France says the plane, an Airbus A330, left Rio de Janeiro at 7:00pm local time and approximately four hours late the plan sent an automated signal indicating electrical problems.\u00a0 The airline said the plane \u201ccrossed through a thunderous zone with strong turbulence.\u201d\u00a0 The automated message was received 14 minutes later at 0214GMT (10:14 pm\u00a0 EDT Sunday) &#8220;signaling electrical circuit malfunction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Francois Brousse, head of communications at Air France, &#8220;The plane might have been struck by lightning. It&#8217;s a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"525\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Reports--Lightning-may-have-brought-down-Air-France-flight\" target=\"_blank\">For the complete story and the latest images from the tragedy, please visit our Denver Weather Examiner pages.<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Reports--Lightning-may-have-brought-down-Air-France-flight\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weather\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside.png\" alt=\"Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weather\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside-150x41.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air France jet en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 people appears to have been lost over the Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The plane which disappeared approximately 190 miles northeast of the Brazilian city of Natal may have been brought down by severe weather the plane was flying through at the time it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/reports-lightning-may-have-brought-down-air-france-flight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reports: Lightning may have brought down Air France flight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[272,189,732,273],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1626,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}