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Wreckage from an Air France jet lost over the Atlantic nearly two years ago with 228 people on board has been found, French investigators say.

With the cause of the crash still unknown, a fourth attempt to locate the plane's voice and data recorders got under way last month.

Searchers located wreckage during the past 24 hours, investigators in Paris said, without giving details.

Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris came down in a storm on 1 June 2009.

A French judge recently filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France over the crash.

Airbus, the maker of the jet, says no one can know for sure how the crash occurred unless the so-called "black boxes" are found.

The search has been financed jointly by Air France and Airbus. It involves dives to depths of up to 4,000m (13,120ft) with the use of special robots to examine the ocean floor between Brazil and West Africa.

'No guarantee'

France's Bureau of Investigations and Analysis (BEAR) said that parts of the plane had been located by the searchers, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

"These parts have been identified by BEA investigators as belonging to the wreck of the A330-203, Flight AF 447," it added.

The bureau promised to release further information later.

An initial search found 50 bodies and hundreds of pieces of the plane, including its torn-off tail, while the last search ended in failure in May 2010.

The latest search was planned as a "systematic exploration" of an area of some 10,000 sq km (3,900 sq miles).

Officials have previously said there can be no guarantee that the flight recorders will ever be found.

Those who died included more than 30 nationalities. Most were French, Brazilian or German.

The crash has been partially blamed on malfunctioning speed sensors but officials believe other factors must also have contributed.

Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12953432

[Bletch]

Yes, on CNN there are a vid with some photage of the wreck.

[Bletch]

Would like to see some wreckage photos.

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whatev

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do you think one of these passengers made the classic comment "flying is the safest way to travel"

[güttsfükk]

Originally Posted by Bletch ↗

Would like to see some wreckage photos.

this is apparently a piece



this tag came with the pic

The bodies of many of the 228 victims were also found on the ocean floor

[güttsfükk]

Hundreds of images have been taken of the Air France wreckage

Brazil Air France Rio crash flight recorder found

Search teams say they have discovered part of a flight recorder from the Air France plane that crashed in 2009, off the coast of Brazil.

But they say they have yet to find the section containing crucial data which could reveal the cause of the crash.

The Air France Airbus plane went down in the Atlantic on 1 June 2009, killing all 228 people on board.

The recorder section was recovered a day after a salvage ship began working to retrieve bodies.

"During the first dive by the Remora 6000 which lasted more than 12 hours, the chassis of the flight data recorder was found, without the module protecting and containing the data," France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis said in a statement.

They said a second dive was under way.

A spokeswoman for the bureau explained that though only the outer chassis of the flight recorder had been found, the flight data recorder itself, if recovered, could still be in a condition to be read.

"The memory module is like a sarcophagus - the information is very well protected," she told Reuters.

Investigators and Airbus stress that without the "black box" flight recorder, the mystery of the plane's last moments may never be solved.

The wreckage of the flight was found on a fourth attempt, using robots capable of operating 4,000m (13,120ft) below the ocean's surface.

Those who died on the Paris-bound Air France jet, which came down hours after it took off from Rio de Janeiro came from more than 30 countries, though most were French, Brazilian or German.

Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13218021

[Bletch]

Evidently, the bodies that still remain in the wreckage are in a skeletal condition with severe traumas because of the crash.

[güttsfükk]

Originally Posted by Bletch ↗

Evidently, the bodies that still remain in the wreckage are in a skeletal condition with severe traumas because of the crash.

would be amazing to see images of the bodies on the plane

[Bletch]

Originally Posted by güttsfükk ↗

would be amazing to see images of the bodies on the plane

Indeed it would