In some sad news today, an Air France Airbus A330-200 bound for Charles De Gaulle Airport from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil carrying 228 passengers likely crashed into the Atlantic, officials are saying. At approximately 4:15am Paris time, automatic distress signals were sent out from the plane indicating there were several parts of the aircraft malfunctioning. During the transmissions, there was no contact with the crew. It’s likely that the 4-year-old plane went down somewhere in the Atlantic closer to Brazil than to Africa. The jet was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet and cruising at 521 mph, air force officials have stated.

The Airbus A330-200 has an impeccable safety record – the only blip on the radar being one aircraft that went down in 1994 during a training mission before it became commercially available.

Love muffins, our prayers go out to all families affected.