The plane went down roughly midway between Brazil and Senegal on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 people on board, in the deadliest crash in Air France's history.

2009年6月1日这架飞机在巴西与塞内加的中间位置坠毁，机上载有的228名人员全部遇难。这次飞机失事是法航史上伤亡最惨重的飞行事故。

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The Senegalese air force last month bombed rebel bases near Ziguinchor, the regional capital of The Casamance, Senegal's southern district, after suspected MFDC fighters killed a soldier at an army outpost.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

And some nations, notably Brazil and Senegal, which were handling Air France Flight 447, don't yet have modern oceanic air-traffic-control systems.

WSJ: How New Air-Traffic Control Systems Operate Over Oceans