One Filipino seaman is among the 228 passengers feared dead as an Airbus A330 bound for Paris disappeared over the Atlantic 3 hours after leaving Rio de Janeiro Sunday.
Arden Jugueta was intending to make a connecting flight to Manila when he boarded Air France flight 447 that took off from Galeao International Airport at 7:03 p. m..
By 11:00 p. m. Air France reported that the plane experienced storms and high turbulence, and by 11: 14 said they were receiving automatic messages which indicated occurrence of an electrical circuit malfunction.
Six minutes later flight 447 failed to make its scheduled radio contact with Brazil air traffic control, and hours later as no signals from the plane emerged Air France decided to set up a crisis center.
Brazil, France and Spain sent search and rescue teams off Fernando de Noronha, an island situated 1500 miles east of Rio de Janeiro where the last distress signal of the A330 was detected.
There were 228 passengers on board flight 447, which was supposed to arrive at the Charles de Gaulle Airport Monday morning.
As of press time Jugueta is the only Filipino in the flight manifest. Passengers consist largely of French, German, Brazilian, Chinese and Italian nationalities.
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