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France resumes search for crashed Airbus black boxes

"Without finding the recorders this investigation could never be conclusive and this accident could remain largely unexplained"

05:28 26/03/2010

French authorities will begin next week a third attempt to locate flight data recorders at the site of last year's Airbus A330 passenger plane crash off the coast of Brazil.

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127 bodies recovered from 2009 Airbus crash site so far
07:27 31/05/2011
A total of 127 bodies have been recovered since the start of the search for the Airbus A330 plane that crashed in the Atlantic in June 2009, a Brazilian association of the victims' families said on Tuesday.
Memorial to Air France plane crash victims goes up in Rio
07:22 08/11/2009
A memorial in remembrance of the victims of an Airbus A330 crash over the Atlantic in June has opened in Rio de Janeiro
Rescuers recover 41 bodies from Brazil plane crash
09:13 10/06/2009
Rescuers have recovered another 17 bodies from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week, bringing the total number to 41, Brazilian representatives involved in the search operation said.
Tail fin of Air France jet found, total of 24 bodies recovered
10:07 09/06/2009
The Brazilian Navy has recovered a large section of the tail fin of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last week, and a total of 24 bodies have also been found.
Two bodies found at site of Air France crash in Atlantic
14:53 07/06/2009
Brazilian search teams have found two male bodies from the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic last week, and are continuing to search a large area of the ocean.
Autopilot on crashed Air France A330 was switched off - BEA
20:06 06/06/2009
Twenty-four messages automatically sent by an Air France A330 that went missing off Brazil's northeast coast show that the autopilot mode was not on, the French agency investigating air crashes (BEA) said.
Debris not from lost Air France plane - Brazil's Air Force
09:33 05/06/2009
Brazil's Air Force chief said that none of the debris recovered during a search for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus 330 that went missing off Brazil's northeast coast belonged to the aircraft.
Search efforts for Air France crash
13:12 04/06/2009
Brazilian and French ships rush to pull out Air France plane wreckage as authoritites and families seek answers for the crash that took 228 lives.
Air crash victims mourned in Paris
12:11 04/06/2009
Relatives gather at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris for a service commemorating the 228 victims of the Air France airliner which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
Chinese family of Air France crash victim to get $1.4 mln
10:54 04/06/2009
A Chinese insurance company is preparing to pay $1.4 million to the family of a passenger who died on the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic earlier this week, the China Daily said.
Search continues in Air France Atlantic crash
18:36 03/06/2009
An all-out search was launched to locate the fragments of the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 which was carrying 228 people.
Brazil hopes to find Air France jet on ocean floor
16:43 03/06/2009
Brazil's president believes it will be technically possible to find the wreckage of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic earlier this week, and salvage the black box.
Brazil mourns victims of Air France plane crash
09:26 03/06/2009
Brazilian Vice President Jose Alenca has declared three days of mourning for 228 passengers and crew missing and presumed dead after an Air France plane crashed into the Atlantic on Monday.
Brazil says remains of missing Air France plane found
19:30 02/06/2009
Brazil's Air Force said on Tuesday that it had found wreckage in the area that a missing Air France passenger plane last made contact.
Debris found in search for missing Air France plane
18:02 02/06/2009
Brazil's Air Force said on Tuesday that it had found wreckage in the area that a missing Air France passenger plane last made contact.
Search continues for missing Air France plane in Atlantic
10:32 02/06/2009
French and Brazilian planes and warships are continuing to search the area of the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France passenger plane is believed to have crashed with 228 passengers and crew on board.
Russian confirmed on board missing Air France plane
21:56 01/06/2009
Air France said on Monday that one Russian was among the 228 people on board a plane that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean en-route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris earlier in the day.

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Search continues in Air France Atlantic crash
18:36 03/06/2009
An all-out search was launched to locate the fragments of the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 which was carrying 228 people.

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