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The last news: Air France A330 vanishes over Atlantic Ocean
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Air France A330 vanishes over Atlantic Ocean. The Airbus A330 is a long haul twinjet dating from the mid 1990's, when it entered revenue service with major airlines. It was designed with FBW control sticks like its smaller predecessor the A320 was. Fly By Wire means that the flight controls are not powered by hydraulic systems like odler models were, it means that the controls respond by electrical signals following pilot input. It is a technology dating from the 1980's.