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by David Kurtz
06.01.09 | 3:08 am

An Air France flight from Rio to Paris with 228 people on board has vanished from radar 186 miles off the coast of Brazil.

Late Update: The plane was likely maybe brought down by lightning, Air France says.

Later Update: Subsequent reports have softened the comments of the Air France official. Lightning merely a possibility.

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