Final moments of Air France 447 revealed Final moments of Air France 447 revealed. The ill-fated Air France flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic ocean on June 1, 2009, en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people onboard, had plunged at nearly 11,000 feet per minute during the final few minutes even as its pilots struggled to regain control following failure of speed sensors, French authorities revealed, Friday. The 2 black boxes or data recorders recovered from the crash site in early May have given the investigators an insight to the dying moments of flight 447. France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) said, Friday, that the aircraft ran into severe thunderstorm and the engine stalled, prompting the pilots to respond by pulling the nose up. The aircraft climbed to 38,000 ft when "the stall warning was triggered and the airplane stalled," the BEA report said. The report said speed sensors also failed as speed displayed on the left prima...