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Page last updated at 22:11 GMT, Monday, 1 June 2009 23:11 UK

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In pictures: Air France plane vanishes

Relatives at Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 1/6/09

Distraught relatives prepare for the worst as they wait for news of Air France flight AF 477, which disappeared off the radar between Brazil and France early on Monday.

The missing Airbus, photographed in Houston in May 2006 (photo courtesy of Air Team Images)

The plane, pictured here at a Texas airport in 2006, was last heard from about four hours into its flight as it hit storms and severe turbulence deep over the Atlantic.

French police evacuate Terminal 2E of Charles de Gaulle airport at news of the plane's disappearance, 1 June

As news came through of the plane's disappearance, French police evacuated Terminal 2E of Charles de Gaulle airport to prepare a crisis centre.

Relatives arrive at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris on 1/6/09

Relatives and friends of those on board were directed to the crisis centre, where counselling services were made available.

A relative is escorted to a waiting area in Tom Jobim airport, Rio de Janeiro, on 1/6/09

Similar services were set up at Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro for Brazil-based relatives and friends.

Reporters interview a relative of a passenger aboard the missing plane at Rio airport, 1 June

Many were met by members of the media, which has been following the story closely.

Brazilian radar plane gets ready to take off Fernando de Noronha airport to take part in the search on 1/6/09

A major search is under way with Brazilian and French planes and ships. Paris has asked for the help of US satellite equipment to help locate the crash site.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Paris' Charles De Gaulle on 1/6/09

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, visiting relatives at Charles De Gaulle airport, warned that the chances of finding survivors were "very small".

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