Consider the following statements about the accident of AF 447, which crashed over the Atlantic Ocean on 1st June, 2009 : 1. The Airbus A330 200 was on its way to Rio de Janeiro from Paris. 2. The scheduled flight usually crosses the Tropic of Cancer on i

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Q: 10 (NDA-II/2009)
Consider the following statements about the accident of AF 447, which crashed over the Atlantic Ocean on 1st June, 2009 :
1. The Airbus A330 200 was on its way to Rio de Janeiro from Paris.
2. The scheduled flight usually crosses the Tropic of Cancer on its way to its destination.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

NDA-II

stats: 

0,0,9,2,3,4,0

keywords: 

{'flight': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'airbus a330': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'tropic': [2, 0, 2, 1], 'destination': [0, 2, 2, 3], 'atlantic ocean': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'accident': [1, 0, 1, 5], 'af': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'rio de janeiro': [1, 2, 3, 2], 'paris': [9, 1, 6, 11], 'cancer': [2, 0, 0, 1]}

The given question is about the accident of AF 447, which crashed over the Atlantic Ocean on 1st June, 2009.

Statement 1 of the question states that the Airbus A330 200 was on its way to Rio de Janeiro from Paris. This statement is correct as AF 447 was indeed a scheduled flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Statement 2 of the question states that the scheduled flight usually crosses the Tropic of Cancer on its way to its destination. This statement is incorrect. The Tropic of Cancer is located at approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator, and it passes through countries such as Mexico, Bahamas, and India. The flight path from Paris to Rio de Janeiro does not cross the Tropic of Cancer.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4, "Neither 1 nor 2". Alert - correct answer should be "Option 1 - 1 only" as Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect.