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Distraught relatives and friends of passengers of Air France flight AF447 arrive at the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 1, 2009. The Air France plane with 228 people on board disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Brazil to Paris on Monday after hitting strong turbulence and French officials said they feared a disaster.
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Relatives and friends of passengers of Air France's airliner arrive at the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday.
Relatives and friends of passengers of Air France's airliner arrive at the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday.
'No hope' for lost airliner passengers
An international search began yesterday for a French passenger jet feared to have crashed into the Atlantic.