Woman Missing Air France Flight Dies in Car Crash Days Later

Shades of the movie "Final Destination." Johanna Ganthaler, an Italian womand and a pensioner from Bolzano-Bozen province and her husband Kurt were on vacation in Brazil. The couple was supposed to take the doomed Air France Flight 447 back to Paris. However, they missed the plane and took a different one home instead.

Unfortunately for the two, it was just a brief reprieve. Johanna Ganthaler died in a car crash in Austria a few days later.

For those not aware, Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic, apparently killing all 228 passengers. Crews are still struggling to find the black boxes which will be integral to determining the exact cause of the crash.

Johanna and Kurt Ganthalers' car crashed after veering across a road in Kufstein, Austria, according to Italian news agency ANSA. The car swerved into the path an oncoming truck and Johanna Ganthaler was killed. Her husband was seriously injured.

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Posted June 13th, 2009 by Michael Santo

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