A relative of the missing airliner's victims leaves the Rio de Janeiro International Airport escorted by guards in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 1, 2009. An Air France airliner with 228 people onboard missing over the Atlantic Ocean after its takeoff from Rio de Janeiro on Sunday was probably hit by lightning and suffered an electrics failure while flying through an Atlantic storm, said Air France on Monday. [Xinhua]

A relative of the missing airliner's victim leaves the Rio de Janeiro International Airport escorted by guards in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 1, 2009. An Air France airliner with 228 people onboard was missing over the Atlantic Ocean after its takeoff from Rio de Janeiro on Monday was probably hit by lightning and suffered an electrics failure while flying through an Atlantic storm, Air France said on Monday. [Xinhua]