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BagAngel · Jun 11th, 2009, 06:12 PM

All Airbus planes need to be withdrawn from use now & inspected!

Vegas Long Legs · Jun 11th, 2009, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by moi et mes sacs

I thought security was so tight that this would never happen again.

Not in other countries.

PrinceAbdullah · Jun 11th, 2009, 08:47 PM

how freaky!!

Missed Air France Flight, Only to Die in Car CrashAfter narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_wo...ash.html?yhp=1

By XANA O'NEILL

Updated 2:35 PM CDT, Thu, Jun 11, 2009

Related Topics:Johanna Ganthaler | Brazil

AP
Johanna Ganthaler, from Italy, was on vacation in Brazil with her husband missed the doomed jetliner when they arrived late at the airport in Rio de Janerio.

A woman who dodged death when she and her husband narrowly missed Air France Flight 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard, was killed in a car accident just over a week later.

Photos: French Plane Downed in Ocean Storm
View Slideshow
An Air France airliner carrying 228 people from Brazil to Paris crashed into the Atlantic after a possible lightning strike.

Johanna Ganthaler a retiree from the Bolzano-Bozen province, was on vacation in Brazil with her husband Kurt when the pair miraculously missed the doomed flight to Paris. But their luck ran out on an Austrian road earlier this week when their car swerved into the path of an oncoming truck outside the town of Kufstein, the Times (U.K.) reported.

Kurt Ganthaler was badly hurt in the accident.

Flight 447 disappeared from radar shortly after leaving Rio de Janeiro and is believed to have broken apart shortly after it left the airport in Brazil on May 31 with 228 people on board.

Some three dozen bodies have been fished out of the ocean where the Airbus jet plunged into the water. A nuclear-powered French submarine has begun scouring the seafloor for any sign of the black box, which could hold the key to determining what felled the plane.

The Ganthalers flew out of the country on a flight the day after the jet went missing.

Roo · Jun 11th, 2009, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by PrinceAbdullah

how freaky!!

Missed Air France Flight, Only to Die in Car CrashAfter narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler

Yep, its a sad story.

Someone posted it here

Jill · Jun 11th, 2009, 11:59 PM

yikes...Im in the process of booking a trip to Italy and GUESS what plane and airline Im on??EEEEEEEK

Izznit · Jun 12th, 2009, 12:08 AM

^^oi! Are you still going to take that flight? Or do you think there's a fat chance it will happen again so quickly?

PrinceAbdullah · Jun 12th, 2009, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by Jill

yikes...Im in the process of booking a trip to Italy and GUESS what plane and airline Im on??EEEEEEEK

jill, i'm leaving Friday on AIRfrance to go to Jordan, tomorrow YIKES, i still have to pack and get all this crap with me, so last minute!! I feel the same, kinda freaked out, and really nervous. I'm going to try and stay positive and think about the fun time I will have there while on the plane, LOL.

At least its a boeing so I'm going. LOL But from paris to jordan its an airbus oh i gotta make a fuss....

PrinceAbdullah · Jun 12th, 2009, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Izznit

^^oi! Are you still going to take that flight? Or do you think there's a fat chance it will happen again so quickly?

thats what my brother was saying.... BUT STILL, we never know, OI!!

TXGirlie · Jun 12th, 2009, 01:36 AM

[QUOTE=PrinceAbdullah;11306874]how freaky!!

Missed Air France Flight, Only to Die in Car CrashAfter narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_world/NATL-Woman-Who-Missed-Flight-447-Killed-in-Car-Crash.html?yhp=1

Wow, that's like Final Destination (those movies...) !!

PrinceAbdullah · Jun 12th, 2009, 01:46 AM

[QUOTE=TXCoachGirlie;11310213]

Originally Posted by PrinceAbdullah

how freaky!!

Originally Posted by PrinceAbdullah

Missed Air France Flight, Only to Die in Car CrashAfter narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_world/NATL-Woman-Who-Missed-Flight-447-Killed-in-Car-Crash.html?yhp=1

Wow, that's like Final Destination (those movies...) !!

THATS what I thought at first. And I could swear I was thinking about that movie today before I read that. OH LAWD, I have to take a chill pill about my flight tomorrow. LOL

TXGirlie · Jun 12th, 2009, 02:36 AM

how long is the flight tomorrow?

Jahpson · Jun 12th, 2009, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by BagAngel

All Airbus planes need to be withdrawn from use now & inspected!

exactly!

Jill · Jun 12th, 2009, 09:43 PM

well....Im on THAT same exact model plane...in 18 days..wish me luck....Kinda hoping i get stuck on a LONG layover in Paris though..Muhahahahahaha

Irishgal · Jun 12th, 2009, 09:48 PM

Hundreds and hundreds of flights take place all over the world, every minute of the day. You have a very very low probability of crashing or having an event when you travel by airplane.
I hope everyone has a nice time on your trips and brings back loads of goodies.

Jahpson · Jun 12th, 2009, 09:50 PM

I am awaiting the details of the bodies that were found.

Yes there are flights in transit as well speak. Perhaps it would be best if TPFers let us know that you arrived to your destination safely? i know I want to know

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Jun 11th, 2009, 08:47 PM	#273
PrinceAbdullah Member Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,975	how freaky!! Missed Air France Flight, Only to Die in Car CrashAfter narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_wo...ash.html?yhp=1 By XANA O'NEILL Updated 2:35 PM CDT, Thu, Jun 11, 2009 Related Topics:Johanna Ganthaler \| Brazil AP Johanna Ganthaler, from Italy, was on vacation in Brazil with her husband missed the doomed jetliner when they arrived late at the airport in Rio de Janerio. A woman who dodged death when she and her husband narrowly missed Air France Flight 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard, was killed in a car accident just over a week later. Photos: French Plane Downed in Ocean Storm View Slideshow An Air France airliner carrying 228 people from Brazil to Paris crashed into the Atlantic after a possible lightning strike. Johanna Ganthaler a retiree from the Bolzano-Bozen province, was on vacation in Brazil with her husband Kurt when the pair miraculously missed the doomed flight to Paris. But their luck ran out on an Austrian road earlier this week when their car swerved into the path of an oncoming truck outside the town of Kufstein, the Times (U.K.) reported. Kurt Ganthaler was badly hurt in the accident. Flight 447 disappeared from radar shortly after leaving Rio de Janeiro and is believed to have broken apart shortly after it left the airport in Brazil on May 31 with 228 people on board. Some three dozen bodies have been fished out of the ocean where the Airbus jet plunged into the water. A nuclear-powered French submarine has begun scouring the seafloor for any sign of the black box, which could hold the key to determining what felled the plane. The Ganthalers flew out of the country on a flight the day after the jet went missing.
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Jun 11th, 2009, 11:59 PM	#275
Jill MOD Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 27,923	yikes...Im in the process of booking a trip to Italy and GUESS what plane and airline Im on??EEEEEEEK
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Jun 12th, 2009, 12:08 AM	#276
Izznit haha no. Joined: Aug 2007 Location: inside Nordstrom's Posts: 3,469	^^oi! Are you still going to take that flight? Or do you think there's a fat chance it will happen again so quickly?
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Jun 12th, 2009, 02:36 AM	#281
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Jun 12th, 2009, 09:43 PM	#283
Jill MOD Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 27,923	well....Im on THAT same exact model plane...in 18 days..wish me luck....Kinda hoping i get stuck on a LONG layover in Paris though..Muhahahahahaha
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Jun 12th, 2009, 09:48 PM	#284
Irishgal Over and out... Joined: Apr 2006 Location: The intersection of bitter and sweet Posts: 10,957	Hundreds and hundreds of flights take place all over the world, every minute of the day. You have a very very low probability of crashing or having an event when you travel by airplane. I hope everyone has a nice time on your trips and brings back loads of goodies.
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Jun 12th, 2009, 09:50 PM	#285
Jahpson Member Joined: Aug 2007 Location: The Playground Posts: 22,348	I am awaiting the details of the bodies that were found. Yes there are flights in transit as well speak. Perhaps it would be best if TPFers let us know that you arrived to your destination safely? i know I want to know
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