Air France Flight 447
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Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, that crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean on
The aircraft's vertical stabilizer being recovered from the Atlantic Ocean
F-GZCP, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in May 2009
Passengers checking in for AF443, another Rio de Janeiro-Paris route, on the day of AF447's disappearance.
The aircraft's vertical stabilizer after its recovery from the ocean
Stall (fluid dynamics)
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In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack exceeds its critical value. The critical angle of attack is typically about 15°, but it may var
Air France Flight 447
…occurred on an Airbus A330, happened because inconsistent airspeed indications and resulting miscommunication between the pilots led to an unrecoverable stall. The Brazilian Navy recovered the first major wreckage and two bodies from the sea within five days of the crash. The aircraft's flight recorders were…
Airflow separating from an airfoil at a high angle of attack, as occurs at a stall.
A Schweizer SGS 1-36 being used for deep-stall research by NASA over the Mojave Desert in 1983.