Mobilize all advanced equipment to find AF 447 aircraft

From the Constitution light cruiser, Grajau-class high-speed train, the Black Hawk helicopter to the SNA Emeraude nuclear submarine and the US satellite system were all in search of tracing the ill-fated aircraft AF 447.

After many attempts, French and Brazilian forces found two bodies believed to be passengers on the Airbus A330-200 flight AF 447 of Air France, carrying 228 people from Brazil to France, missing. on the Atlantic night 31/5.

To get this result, many naval and air forces had to mobilize many aircraft, warships, submarines and modern equipment for search. However, people are concerned, the black box may never be found because it is likely to have sunk deep into the ocean.

According to the BBC, as soon as the A330 plane disappeared, the French government sent a Breguet Atlantique II reconnaissance aircraft from Senegal and two others from France, including Breguet Atlantique II and Falcon 50 to the central area of ​​the West. Duong aims to find traces of the crash plane.

The French government and your country have mobilized a great amount of advanced equipment into the search.

Brazil has deployed six planes and two helicopters to search the sea, including the new Black Hawk helicopter. AFP and AP news agency also said that a Brazilian military aircraft fitted with observation equipment at night discovered the fall of the Airbus A330."We will work continuously and try our best, hoping to find someone alive ," said Colonel Jorge Amaral of the Brazilian Air Force.

In addition to the Air Force, the French Navy and Brazil also regulate the Constitution light ship, the Grajau-class high-speed train to the area is said to be where the aircraft falls.

Besides, a series of Spanish and Senegal ships and planes also participated in the search. All have support from American satellite images. Washington also ordered the aircraft to observe with a rescue team participating in the operation.

Brazilian Air Force spokesman on June 6 reported finding two bodies of men and some flight-related items including: a suitcase, with Air France flight tickets, a personal computer of the same number The green seat and oxygen mask, near the island of Fernando de Noronha, about 1,100 km from the coast of Brazil, this location is not far from the location where the plane delivered the last electronic message.

Air France confirmed that this flight ticket was indeed a passenger on a fateful flight over the weekend. As for some chairs, the French aviation agency is checking the number to see if it actually falls from the ill-fated plane.

French Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau said: 'We have to do everything to be able to find a data logging device. However, time does not seem to support us. '

In the hope that 'there is still water to slap,' on June 5, two other Brazilian ships arrived in the Atlantic Ocean to join the other three ships to join the campaign to search for fragments and black boxes. fly.

The Pourquoi Pas train in the area is said to be missing.

On the same day, the French Transport Minister announced that the French Marine Resources Research Institute had sent the Pourquoi Pas to the area to identify the A330 aircraft falling on the Atlantic. The ship carries two small Nautile submarines, capable of operating at a depth of nearly 6,000 m and a robot controlled by Victor-6000.

These small submarines and robots participated in the "overturn" of the sinking of the Titanic in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998. On June 12, the Pourquoi Pas will arrive at the corpsed area. is the plane drop point.

AFP on June 6 quoted French Defense Minister Herve Morin as saying France would send both the nuclear submarine SNA Emeraude to find the A330 aircraft. This atomic submarine is equipped with a number of state-of-the-art reconnaissance vehicles and equipment, which will assist rescue forces in searching for two black boxes of ill-fated aircraft.

The decision was made by the French military after the Brazilian military said the debris and oil stains found on the sea in the past days were not from Airbus A330 aircraft.

According to the French Presidential Palace, the two French and Brazilian naval and rescue forces are finding it difficult to search because the sea currents move fast at 100 km per hour to the west, while the ships The navy's only run at 30 km per hour.

French Environment Minister Jean Louis Borloo said: 'This is a race against time. The black box of the aircraft was designed to emit an ultrasound signal within 30 days after the plane crashed, so a black box was urgently needed to determine the cause of the accident ' . Mr. Borloo admitted, this is an extremely difficult task because the ocean is too deep and the currents are very strong.

Pourquoi Pas with two white blue colors, 107 meters long, is the world's most modern oceanographic vessel. It was built in December 2002 in Saint-Nazaire, by order of the then French Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie, and shipped in July 2005.

The Pourquoi Pas performed its first mission in 2006, with a sea voyage taking a map survey off the island of Antille and Guyane; then, go north to search for substances containing gas hydrates off Norway. Each year, the Pourquoi Pas serves the French Navy for 150 days and the ocean industry for 180 days.