Air France crash

Lucas Gagriani Juca, 24, of Brazil is among those on the missing flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.  (Silvia Izquierdo / Associated Press)

A composite satellite image shows weather conditions over the Atlantic Ocean about the time the Air France jetliner hit a fierce storm off the Brazilian coast before dropping off the radar.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Brazilian military prepare to depart Monday from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, to take part in the search for the Air France jet that disappeared Sunday over the Atlantic Ocean.  (Correio do Estad / Associated Press)

Reporters gather at Air France’s counter at the Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian military pilots have spotted two areas of floating debris in the Atlantic.  (Ricardo Moraes / Associated Press)

Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar, bottom center, speaks with the media after meeting with relatives of passengers of Air France Flight 447 at the airport in Rio de Janeiro.  (Ricardo Moraes / Associated Press)

The Air France jet disappearance dominates the news in Brazil.  (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP/Getty Images)

People leave Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport through a special door for friends and relatives awaiting news of Air France Flight 447. Air France confirmed that an Airbus A330-200 was missing with 228 people on board between Rio de Janeiro and Paris after it sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through an area of strong turbulence.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

A group of people arrive at Tom Jobim Airport in Rio de Janeiro to get information about the missing jetliner.  (Antonio Lacerda / EPA)

A relative of a passenger on board Air France Flight 447 is taken to a waiting area at Rio de Janeiro’s international airport to be cared for and wait for information. The flight was to have arrived in Paris on Monday morning.  (Antonio Scorza / AFP/Getty Images)

Dominique Bussereau, the French Secretary of State for Transport, adresses the media at Charles De Gaulle International Airport. Air traffic control lost contact with the flight at 6 a.m., shortly after it took off from Rio de Janeiro.  (Lucas Dolega / EPA)

People await at the arrivals doors at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport after the Airbus 330-200 was reported missing. Brazil has begun a search mission off its northeastern coast.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)