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| Brazil finds two bodies from Air France crash |
| 2009-06-07 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Brazil's air force on Saturday recovered two male bodies and debris from an Air France jetliner that came down over the Atlantic nearly a week earlier with 228 people on board, a spokesman said. The first bodies from the crash were found along with debris that came from the doomed flight, spokesman Jorge Amaral told reporters in the northeastern city of Recife. "This morning at 8:14 a.m., we confirmed the rescue from the water of pieces and bodies that belonged to the Air France flight," Amaral said. He said the two bodies, the first recovered from the downed flight, were those of men. Among the debris retrieved on Saturday was a seat with a serial number that matched the missing flight, a rucksack, and a case with an Air France ticket inside, rescue officials said. It was the first find from the aircraft in six days of searching the open Atlantic. Objects recovered from the sea on Thursday turned out not to be part of the crash, as searchers battled days of terrible weather conditions -- with rain limiting the visibility and waves of up to 1.8 meters (6 feet). The discoveries took place 450 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Brazil's Atlantic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, itself 370 kilometers from the mainland. Several Brazilian navy ships have also arrived in the area, but fears have grown that many bodies sank or were devoured by sharks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Very shocking news was on that day the flight was missing and was returned. |
| Posted by: Rahul 2009-06-07 06:02 |