UPDATE AT 8:21 A.M. ET:  Latest on the French airliner missing over the Atlantic with 228 aboard:

PARIS, France (CNN) — The pilot an Air France plane that disappeared off radar screens with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems before it lost contact with air traffic controllers between Brazil and France Sunday, an Air France spokesman said. The plane was experiencing turbulence, the spokesman added.

June 1, 2009