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Ships ending Air France black box search

An American colonel says two ships searching for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are ending their hunt.

 

Air France plane went down 'almost vertically'

Air France plane went down 'almost vertically'

The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced today.

 

Air France to give crash victims $24,000

Air France to give crash victims $24,000

Air France will give about euro17,500 ($24,000) as an advance to the families of the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, the company's chief executive said.

 

French: No conclusions in Flight 447 probe; over 400 pieces found

French: No conclusions in Flight 447 probe; over 400 pieces found

French investigators say more than 400 pieces of Flight 447 have been recovered in the Atlantic.

 

Air France Messages Leave Questions Unanswered

Air France Messages Leave Questions Unanswered

With black boxes yet to be found from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, investigators are struggling to draw conclusions from physical evidence and 24 automatic messages sent from the plane in the minutes before it disappeared.

 

Brazil: 6 more bodies found in jet crash

Six more bodies were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France jet crashed, Brazilian officials said Friday, as the ...

 

Family joins Air France jet probe

The family of a victim of the Air France crash joins a manslaughter investigation in an effort to access files on the case.

 

Air France CEO not sure sensors caused crash

Air France CEO not sure sensors caused crash

There should be no assumed link between on-board speed sensors and the crash of Air France Flight 447 into the Atlantic Ocean last week, the airline's chief executive said Thursday.

 

Bodies 'found' from missing plane

Bodies 'found' from missing plane

Bodies have been found from the Air France plane which went missing over the Atlantic, the Brazilian military says.

 

Official: Missing plane sent 24 error messages

Official: Missing plane sent 24 error messages

Air France Flight 447 sent out 24 automated error messages -- including one saying the aircraft's autopilot had disengaged -- before it vanished with 228 people on board, aviation investigators said today.

 

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