French Jet Vanishes on Flight from Brazil to Paris Four hours after the flight took off at 7 p.m. local time on Sunday, the plane encountered a storm with “very heavy turbulence,” an Air France spokeswoman, Brigitte Barrand, said. The plane disappeared from radar screens four hours and 10 minutes later, 10 minutes after the turbulence was reported.
It doesn't look good, to put it mildly. Hopefully no one knows anyone flying out of Rio, and hopefully they settle the fate of the plane soon. Peace for all involved.