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Old 11-27-2008, 09:57 AM
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A 320 crashes in the Mediterranean Sea of the coast of France, 7 on board. Rescue in progress.

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Old 11-27-2008, 10:16 AM
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Official: Airbus A320 crashes into sea off France - CNN.com
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Old 11-27-2008, 12:27 PM
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I just saw on the Yahoo page about the crash. It was on a "technical' flight( I`m assuming that is a test flight). One body found, six missing still. Plane was reported to be in pieces. Thats all that has been reported so far.
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2 confirmed dead so far ..
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Multiple news reports are saying a training flight.
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One of our (yea, yea, I don't fly for them anymore but their still friends)airplanes being returned from a lease. Test flight then ferry to FRA with two German pilots from XL Airways at the controls, however there was an Air NZ pilot onboard, an NZCAA guy and three Air NZ engineers.

A couple of company emails have been sent out, but I take it they want them confidential so I can't post them. Not that it matters; seven dead aviators sucks, don't need to know more then that.

Not good.

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RIP to those who lost their lives in this tragic incident.
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