An Air France flight A330-200 carrying 228 passengers and crew crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday June 1 2009. 

The aircraft left Brazil around 18.03 EST or 22.03 GMT to Paris.  The aircraft lost the radar communication and entered the stormy zone with heavy turbulence around 0200 GMT . It send out an automatic message indicating an electrical fault around 0214 GMT.

President Sarkozy said yesterday that the chances of anyone surviving appeared "very slim" and Air France was coming to terms with the worst loss of life in its history - and the worst civilian air accident anywhere since 2001.

Lets hope and pray that these people are safe and these things never happen in the future.