PARIS ( 2009-06-01 17:15:15 ) :An Air France passenger jet with 231 people on board is missing after dropping off radar over the Atlantic on Monday after taking off from Brazil, the company and Paris airport officials said."We are very worried," an aviation official said. "The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago. It could be a transponder problem, but this kind of fault is very rare and the plane did not land when expected."Air France confirmed that "it had no news" of flight number AF 447, which it said had 216 passengers and 15 crew members on board.Air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A330 at 0600 GMT as it crossed the ocean after taking off from Rio de Janeiro bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, where it had been due to land at 0910 GMT.Airport authorities have set up a crisis cell at Charles de Gaulle, and junior transport minister Dominique de Bussereau was due at the scene
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