Air France crash: 17 bodies recovered from Atlantic
Air France crash: 17 bodies recovered from Atlantic
17 bodies have now been found following last week's Air France crash. Debris and luggage itens have also been recovered.
The first four bodies were spotted on Saturday, about 45 miles from where the plane sent out messages indicating it was losing cabin pressure and experiencing electrical failures, reports The Guardian. The remainder were recovered from the water on Sunday.
An undetermined number of other bodies have also been spotted from the air and officials are sending ships to recover them. Hundreds of personal items belonging to those on the doomed Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris have been picked up, including a laptop and a briefcase containing a plane ticket.
Wreckage from the plane has also been seen in the Atlantic, including two plane seats and debris bearing Air France's logo. A spokesman for the Brazilian air force has said there is "no more doubt" that the material spotted belonged to flight AF 447.
The bodies and wreckage are being taken by ship to the Fernando de Noronha islands, where officials have set up a base for the search operation. From there, they will be flown to Recife in north east Brazil for identification.
The flight disappeared on May 31 with 228 people on board during turbulent weather. The French agency investigating the disaster, BEA, has said that the plane received inconsistent airspeed readings from different instruments. There is speculation that external readers may have frozen over, confusing the speed sensors and causing computers to set the plane's speed too fast or slow.
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