Woman who Missed Flight 447 is Killed in Car Crash

Remember the movie Final Destination? I know that was a terrible way to start the story, but this whole Flight 447 disaster has been shrouded in mystery from day one. A tragic coincidence.

Remains of Flight 447

An Italian woman who arrived late for the Air France plane flight that crashed in the Atlantic last week has been killed in a car accident, it has been reported.

Johanna Ganthaler, a pensioner from Bolzano-Bozen province, had been on holiday in Brazil with her husband Kurt and missed Air France Flight 447 after turning up late at Rio de Janeiro airport on May 31.

All 228 people aboard lost their lives after the plane crashed into the Atlantic four hours into its flight to Paris.

The ANSA news agency reported that the couple had managed to pick up a flight from Rio the following day.

It said that Ms Ganthaler died when their car veered across a road in Kufstein, Austria, and swerved into an oncoming truck. Her husband was seriously injured.

My deepest condolences to the family that grieve her.

~ by Fionnlagh on June 14, 2009.

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