SaturnV:
takata, I see no reference that Atlantico asked AF447 to contact Dakar.
Yes, you are totally right, my bad. I kept note too fast and it was a communication between Atlantico and Dakar, not with AF447.
When one take a step back, this event happened in this area at the worst place possible. No radar coverage and exactly at the juncture of two ATC on separate continents with poor communications. I'm not blaming the Brazilian or Senegalese but this was not the best place to lose an aircraft for hours.
S~
Olivier