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 ?

Based on the facts of the Air France Flight 447 accident on June 1, 2009, we can evaluate the statements as follows:

• Statement 1 is incorrect: The aircraft (an Airbus A330-200) was actually traveling from Rio de Janeiro (Galeão International Airport) to Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport). The statement mistakenly reverses the direction of the flight.
• Statement 2 is correct: The flight path from Rio de Janeiro (located at approximately 22.9° S) to Paris (located at approximately 48.8° N) requires crossing the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer (approximately 23.5° N). Therefore, the scheduled flight path would naturally cross the Tropic of Cancer to reach Europe from South America.

Thus, only statement 2 is factually accurate regarding the flight's route.