Pilots could have saved the plane after it lost speed readings, according to French air investigation report into 2009 accident.
Search teams have retrieved the second black box flight recorder of an Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009.
Newly found wreckage from an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris is a large and intact part.
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/ 17 December 2009
Investigators are still unable to pinpoint why an Air France passenger jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, killing all 228 people on board.
France wants to launch an expanded effort to find the missing wreckage and flight recorders of the Air France jet which crashed in June.
An Air France plane hit a building just after landing in Brazzaville and was banned from taking off with any passengers, an official said on Thursday.
The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month was not destroyed in mid-air but hit the water intact, French investigators say.
Air France will compensate through its insurers the families of the victims of a June 1 crash in which 228 people died.
The results of autopsies carried out on victims of the Air France disaster are consistent with the Airbus A330 jet breaking up in mid air.
A French sub launched a high-tech undersea sweep on Wednesday to track down the black boxes missing after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic.
After helping Brazil’s navy recover at least 41 bodies, France on Wednesday turns to hunting for the black boxes from an Air France jet.
A list of the named crew and passengers aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this week.
Conflicting clues as to the cause of the loss of an Air France jet and the 228 people on board emerged on Thursday.
Military planes and ships struggled through high seas and heavy winds on Wednesday as they searched for the bobbing wreckage of an Air France jet.
Debris, including plane seats, were spotted on Tuesday about 650km north-east of Brazil following the disappearance of Air France aircraft.
Search planes scoured the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean early on Tuesday, looking for the remains of an Air France jetliner.
An Air France jet carrying 228 people was feared to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after suffering an electrical failure.
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/ 26 November 2007
Zambian Airways is to halt direct flights between Harare and Lusaka next month as the route is no longer profitable, an airline official said on Monday. Zambian Airways chief executive officer Mutembo Nchito said the last flight on the Harare-Lusaka route will be on November 30.
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/ 20 September 2007
British Airways (BA) is to halt direct flights between Harare and London next month as the route is no longer profitable, an airline official said on Thursday. BA’s regional commercial manager, Steve Harrison, told the official New Ziana news agency that the last flight on the London Heathrow-Harare route will be on October 28.