Air France Search Stopped

This is a tragic story.. I hope these people are OK. Its just when all forms of communication cease!! Airbus won’t comment as yet. I hope they find them all bobbing around in liferafts as the sun comes up.

BRAZIL’S air force says it is suspending its aerial search of the Atlantic for the missing Air France plane because nightfall limits visibility.
The five planes and two helicopters sweeping a zone 1100km off northeast Brazil “can only continue while there are visual operating conditions,” a spokesman said today.

Nightfall prevented the aircraft continuing their search, he said.

Three Brazilian navy ships were on their way to assist in the search but were not expected to get to the zone before later today (AEST).

Air France flight AF447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 passengers and crew, disappeared overnight (AEST), midway through its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.