What went wrong on Air France Flight 447? Learn more about this monumental aviation failure in the season premiere of #DeadlyEngineering tonight at 9p on Science Channel. | Science Channel

418K views · 4.7K reactions | Air France's flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared over the Atlantic. It crashed with its nose up, a very unusual position for downed planes. As investigators studied the wreckage, they began to speculate on which fatal mistakes may have led to the unthinkable tragedy. Watch more Mysteries of the Missing on discovery: https://bit.ly/3FFNkrC | Love History | Facebook

409K views · 2.6K reactions | #OTD in 2009 - Air France Flight 447 is en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it mysteriously vanishes somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. ✈️ Watch the FULL EPISODE  https://youtu.be/rCYNeHswtQE | Mayday / Air Crash Investigation / Air Disasters | Facebook

Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France. On 1 June 2009, inconsistent airspeed indications and miscommunication led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330. They failed to recover the plane from the stall, and the plane crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean at 02:14 UTC, killing all 228 passengers and crew on board. The Brazilian Navy recovered the first major wreckage an