From CBC.ca:

The return of an online photo hoax hooked several news outlets in recent days, with a Dutch radio station and TV channels in Bolivia and Poland falling for images purportedly captured just before the crash of Air France Flight 447.

Bolivian station PAT, Poland's TVN24 and BNR of Netherlands are among the outlets that received the dramatic images — allegedly depicting the aircraft being torn apart and a passenger being sucked out of the plane — and proceeded to use them on-air, according to internet bloggers and commentary sites. ...

The photos actually depict footage from the pilot episode of the hit U.S. television drama Lost (fans of the show pointed out that Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly is seen in the bottom left of the photos) and have previously turned up as part of an online hoax.

Hoax originated in 2006

Similar claims were made in the fall of 2006 when the images were distributed widely via email following the mid-air collision between Gol Airlines Flight 1907, a jetliner, and an Embraer Legacy executive jet over Brazil.