An Air France airliner carrying 228 people is believed to have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean after hitting heavy turbulence en route from Brazil to France.Air France said Flight AF 447 had sent an automatic message reporting an electrical fault and suggested it could have been hit by lightning.Brazilian authorities have sent out aircraft over the ocean to search for the missing passenger jet, which dropped off radar screens at 06:00 GMT on Monday."We are without a doubt faced with an aviation catastrophe. The entire company is thinking of the families and shares their pain," Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, Air France chief executive, said.The Airbus A-330, carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members, had been due to land at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at 09:10 GMT. Authorities at Charles de Gaulle had said that there was "no hope" for the airliner."It seems to have simply vanished from radar screen. President Sarkozy has expressed his great concern and asked his government to put all its efforts into finding the missing plane," she said.
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