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Boeing 777-300ER video showing large wing deformation

Missing French Plane Hit Thunderstorms, NPR All Things Considered, June 1, 2009: Hope is fading for 228 passengers aboard Air France Flight 447, which vanished on its way from Brazil to Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the prospects of finding survivors is "very small." Brazil Confirms Air France Flight Crashed In Ocean, NPR All Things Considered, June 2, 2009: Debris from missing Air France Flight 447 was found in the middle of the Atlantic Tuesday by Brazilian military pilots. The cause of the crash is still very much a mystery. John Hansman, director of MIT's International Center for Air Transportation, offers his insight.

Search Is On for Wreckage of Missing Air France Jet Jun 1, 2009, NY Times.

Wreckage of Air France Jet Is Found, Brazil Says, Jun 2, 2009, NY Times.

Speculations on structural failure:

Air France 447 Crash Theory Now Focused On Tail Snapping Off (Again) Henry Blodget, Jun. 19, 2009, 9:01 AM

[http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/06/13/did-composite-parts-bring-down-air-france-447-new-clues-and-new-safety-issues-for-the-future/ Did Composite Parts Bring Down Air France 447? (And Will the New FAA Do Its Job?)] June 13, 2009. Read also the comments by aircraft pilots, instructors, and engineers.

Blog on American Airlines 587 (but it's all about Air France 447)

American Airlines Flight 587: Airbus A300; NTSB investigation report

NY Times articles on AA 587

NY Times topic on Air France Flight 447

NY Times topic on Airplane Accidents and Incidents

NY Times topic on Airlines and Airplanes

Moments of Terror (youTube video of aircraft accidents and structural failures): At 0:05, buckling of military cargo aircraft fuselage; at 1:21, propeller aircraft with two wings broken at fuselage connections; at 1:26, buckling of commercial airline fuselage.

Google for "airplane structural failure"

Catastrophic Structural Failure Focusing on maintenance programs By Peter Katz.

Failure Analysis: On December 19, 2005, just off Miami Beach, Florida, a Grumman G73T Turbo Mallard seaplane crashed as it was taking off. The aircraft was carrying 15 passengers, 3 infants and a crew of two. There was an explosion and fire and the right wing separated prior to the plane impacting the water. Examination of the wreckage revealed fatigue cracks in the right wing.

Aviation accidents and incidents (Wikipedia)