just awful

many of you may come across the following picture and email that is currently being forwarded around:

The world saw the disappearance of an A330 Air France during a trans Atlantic flight between Rio to Paris .
Two shots taken inside the plane before it crashed..
The two photos attached were apparently taken by one of the passengers before the aircraft crashed. The photos were retrieved from the camera's memory stick. You will never get to see photos like this. In the first photo, there is a gaping hole in the fuselage through which you can see the tailplane and vertical fin of the aircraft. In the second photo, one of the passengers is being sucked out of the gaping hole.
These photos were found in a digital Casio Z750, amidst the remains.. Although the camera was destroyed, the Memory Stick was recovered. Investigating the serial number of the camera, the owner was identified as Paulo G. Muller, an actor of a theatre for children known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre . It can be imagined that he was standing during the turbulence, he managed to take these photos, just seconds after the tail loss the aircraft plunged. The structural stress probably ripped the engines away, diminishing the falling speed, protecting the electronic equipment but not unfortunately the victims. Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and Beatriz.

this is no way the air france that was lost over the atlantic flying from rio to paris.

1) the photo shows it being daylight - the air france plane took off at night.
2) it would be impossible for a person to stand to take a photo because anything not attached would be immediately sucked out of the cabin.
3) the lady in the front row to the left can be recognized on the abc show LOST.

the photos above are screen shots from LOST.

it's sad that someone would pass this email around to pose it as pictures from such a tragic incident. make sure your friends know that this is a fictitious email. you can also provide the following link from snopes.