O le faigamalaga a Air Caraïbes TX556 na alu ese mai Santo Domingo ile 8 1/3 itula lele i Paris Orly ina ua iai le mea na tupu ile afa o le Atelani. Na folafola e le kapeteni se faalavelave faafuasei e 5 itula i le faigamalaga ma amata ona alu ifo i lalo. Ole mafuaʻaga ole faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi, e leʻo iloa nei le aofaʻi o pasese ma le auvaa ile taimi nei. Na aliali mai o le vaalele na taumafai e tulau i Atumotu o Azores, o se teritori Potukale.

25 minute mulimuli ane o le Airbus 330-323 na taunuʻu saogalemu i luga o le Kolisi o Lajes.

Air Caraïbes o se Falani vaʻalele ma o le itulagi vaalele vaalele a le Farani Caribbean o loʻo aofia ai lua atunuʻu mamao o Falani: Guadeloupe ma Martinique.

3 itula ae le i faʻatulaga le tuʻuina atu i le French Capital o le vaʻalele na alu ese mai le 34000 i le 19000 futu ma o loʻo faʻaititia le saoasaoa o loʻo taumafai e tulau i Lfanua Field Base Aérea das Lajes), tofia aloaia Air Base Nu.4 faʻatautaia e le Potu Air Force i luga o le Azores Island i le Atelani Atalani, o se teritori o Potukale. E latalata ane o le taulaga o Praia da Vitória ( Matafaga o le Manumalo, o se taulaga ma le faitau aofai o 21,035, o le lona lua sili pulega pulega i luga o le motu o Terceira, e aofia ai le vaega o 161.27 sikuea kilomita (62.27 sq mi), e alu atu mai le itu i matu o le talafatai afa i totonu o totonu.

E iai le lagolago a le Lajes i vaalele e 15,000, e aofia ai ma fitafita mai Amerika ma 20 isi atunuu lagolago. O le tulaga faʻafanua na avea ai lenei malae vaʻalele ma auala taua tele i le Iunaite Setete ma le NATO taua taua gafatia. I se faʻaopopoga, o se laʻititi faʻapisinisi nofoaga faʻataʻavaleina nofoaga faʻatautaia ma faʻataʻamilo vaʻalele mai Amerika i Matu ma Europa, ae maise lava Potukale. O loʻo vaʻavaʻaia foʻi fefaʻatauaʻiga o vaʻalele faʻakisinisi ma isi atumotu i atumotu o Azorean ma faʻamamaina suauʻu ma isi nofoaga mo vaalele faʻapisinisi, vaʻalele faʻatonu ma kamupani, vaʻalele vaʻalele, tamaʻi vaʻalele tumaʻoti, faigamalaga vaʻaia a le malo, misiona o fesoasoaniga alofa, ma isi vaʻalele.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

3 hours prior to the scheduled landing in the French Capital the plane went from 34000 to 19000 feet and is reducing speed apparently attempting to land in Lajes Field Base Aérea das Lajes), officially designated Air Base No.
It also supervises commercial air traffic with the other islands in the Azorean archipelago and trans-Atlantic refuelling and stopovers for commercial airlines, executive and corporate jets, air cargo haulers, small private aircraft, governmental flights, humanitarian missions, and other flights.
Close by is the town of Praia da Vitória ( Beach of the Victory, is a municipality with a population of 21,035, the second largest administrative authority on the island of Terceira, it covers an area of 161.