Brazil to Paris on Monday after hitting strong turbulence and French officials said they feared a disaster.An Air France plane with 228 people on board disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on its way fromThe Brazilian force said the Airbus jet was well advanced over the sea when it went missing and military planes took off from both South America and Africa to hunt for the plane.
"We are probably facing an air catastrophe," Air France Chief Executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told reporters: