
Aircraft wreckage in Atlantic confirmed to be that of missing Air France flight

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 

Wreckage from an airplane in the Atlantic Ocean 650 kilometres from the coast of Brazil has been confirmed by the Brazilian government to be from Air France Flight 447.


At 11:10 p.


The Airbus A330-200 was last heard via radio at 22:30 local time (01:30 GMT).
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Air France Flight 447 was an Airbus A330 that had departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, en route to Paris, France, when it disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1.
 A search investigation has found several parts of the jet, as well as some bodies of the passengers on board, but the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, which could contain important information as to how exactly the plane crash occurred, are yet to be found.
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Search in Atlantic underway for missing Air France passenger jet

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 

Aircraft and water vessels from the French, American and Brazilian military were searching the Atlantic on Monday after an Air France passenger jet with 228 people on board disappeared over the ocean.
 A wooden cargo pallet and two buoys had been recovered, but are now believed to have been from a ship.
 The aircraft was destroyed in Air France Flight 447 when the plane hit and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board.


French President Sarkozy said the prospects of finding survivors are "very small".
