An Air France passenger jet (Flight number AF447) is missing after dropping off radar over the Atlantic off the Brazilian coast.
Air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A330 at 0600 GMT after it took off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, where it had been due to land at 0910 GMT.
Airport authorities have set up a crisis cell at Charles de Gaulle.
Source: BBC News