Lost pictures from Flight 447 found… not

June 25, 2009   1 Comment  

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You’ll have to see it to believe they fell for this.

French sub arrives as hunt for black boxes intensifies

June 10, 2009   2 Comments  

The emergency beacons attached to the flight’s data recorders will only transmit a signal for about 20 more days.

Air France to replace speed instruments on Airbus jets

June 8, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Amid all the controversy and speculation surrounding the Flight 447 crash, Air France has sent a memo to its pilots informing them that speed measurement instruments will be replaced on all medium- and long-haul Airbus planes, AP reports.

UPDATE: 16 of 41 bodies will be shipped to DNA lab in Brasilia

June 7, 2009   13 Comments  

Forty-one bodies have been found in the Atlantic thus far, two on Saturday, 14 on Sunday, eight on Monday, and 17 on Tuesday, all confirmed to have been on Air France Flight 447, Brazilian officials said Wednesday.

Debris found not from Air France 447, officials say

June 5, 2009   3 Comments  

French authorities are urging searchers to show “extreme prudence” before identifying wreckage found in the Atlantic as being from Air France Flight 447, after Brazilian workers incorrectly publicized they had found debris from the missing plane Thursday.

Air France 447 mystery fueled by conflicting reports

June 4, 2009   10 Comments  

The mystery surrounding Air France Flight 447 continued to grow Thursday as conflicting reports from Spanish pilots and Brazilian experts regarding the cause of the plane’s crash emerged, CNN reports.

Flight 447′s black boxes may never be found, investigators say

June 3, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Members of Brazil's Air Force search for debris above the suspected crash site in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday. Courtesy of AP Photo/Brazil Defence Ministry.

French investigators say they are not optimistic the black box recorders from Air France Flight 447, now buried deep in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, may ever be found, BBC reports.