Ua lele aku ʻo Air Caraïbes TX556 mai Santo Domingo ma ka lele he 8 1/3 hola i Palisa Orly ke hana ʻia kekahi mea ma waena o ka ʻAkelanika. Ua hoʻolaha ke kāpena i kahi hola 5 pilikia i ka lele a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e iho i lalo. ʻO ke kumu o ka pilikia, ka helu o nā ohua a me nā luina ma ka moku i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kēia manawa. Ua ʻike ʻia e hoʻāʻo ana ka mokulele e pae i nā mokupuni ʻo Azores, kahi ʻāina Pukiki.
25 mau minuke ma hope ua pae palekana ka Airbus 330-323 ma ka Kolamu ʻo Lajes.
He mokulele mokulele Palani ʻo Air Caraïbes a ʻo ia ka mokulele kūloko o ka Caribbean Caribbean i ʻelua mau keʻena ʻē aʻe o Palani: Guadeloupe a me Martinique.
3 mau hola ma mua o ka pae i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ka Palani Nui ua holo ka mokulele mai 34000 a 19000 kapuaʻi a ke hoʻēmi nei i ka wikiwiki e hoʻāʻo nei e pae i Lajes Kahua Base Aérea das Kolum), ua koho ʻia Kahua Pūnaewele No. 4 lawelawe ʻia e ka Pūʻali Koa Pokukala ma ka mokupuni ʻo Azores ma ka Moana ʻAkelanika, kahi ʻāina o Pokukala. Ma kahi kokoke ke kaona o Praia da Vitória ( Kahakai o ka Lanakila, he kulanakauhale me ka heluna kanaka o 21,035, ka lua o ka mana hoʻomalu ma ka mokupuni ʻo Terceira, uhi ia i kahi o 161.27 kilomika kilomika (62.27 sq mi), e hoʻonui ana mai ke kapakai ʻākau a hapa o ka loko.
Hāʻawi ʻo Lajes i ke kākoʻo i nā mokulele 15,000, me nā mea hakakā mai ka US a me 20 mau aupuni hui ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kūlana kūwaho ka mea nui i hoʻolālā nui ʻia kēia kahua mokulele i nā kūlana ʻelua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me NATO. Hoʻohui ʻia, lawelawe kahi mokulele mokulele liʻiliʻi i nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a lele ʻia mai North America a me ʻEulopa, ʻo Portugal hoʻi ka ʻāina nui. Mālama pū ʻia ʻo ia me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe me nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe ma ka pae moku ʻo Azorean a me ka refueling trans-Atlantik a me nā stopover no nā mokulele kalepa ʻoihana, nā pelekikena a me nā ʻoihana hui, nā lawe ukana lewa, nā mokulele pilikino liʻiliʻi, nā huakaʻi aupuni, nā mikiona kōkua kanaka, a me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe.