{"id":211181,"date":"2009-06-11T15:26:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T15:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2009\/06\/11\/air-france-flight-447-brazil-to-begin-bodies-id-201388-eng\/"},"modified":"2009-06-11T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T15:26:50","slug":"air-france-flight-447-brazil-to-begin-bodies-id-201388-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/air-france-flight-447-brazil-to-begin-bodies-id-201388-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Air France Flight 447: Brazil to begin bodies ID"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The first 16 bodies recovered from the scene of the Air France crash in the Atlantic ocean have been flown to the Brazilian city of Recife.<\/p>\n

The bodies were taken to the city’s mortuary, where the process of identification will be carried out.<\/p>\n

A French nuclear submarine has joined the hunt for the data recorders – which would provide clues to the crash.<\/p>\n

French investigators say no link has yet been established between the crash and the aircraft’s speed monitors.<\/p>\n

Speculation about what caused the Airbus 330 to come down between Rio de Janeiro and Paris on 1 June has so far focused on the possibility that the airspeed sensors, known as pitot probes, were not working.<\/p>\n

The plane is known to have registered inconsistent speed readings just before it crashed in turbulent weather.<\/p>\n

‘Different mission’<\/p>\n

So far, only 41 bodies have been recovered from the area where Air France flight 447 – with 228 people on board – is known to have come down.<\/p>\n

Debris from the plane has also been found some 1,000km (600 miles) north-east of the Fernando de Noronha islands, which are about 320km off the north-eastern coast of Brazil.<\/p>\n

The first 16 bodies were flown to the temporary morgue in Recife from Fernando de Noronha on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Investigators hope they can use dental records and DNA tests to confirm identities. DNA samples have been taken from relatives of passengers to help with the process.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the French nuclear submarine – the Emeraude – has joined Brazil’s naval and air forces in the hunt for the flight’s data recorders.<\/p>\n

They have a large and remote area of ocean to search and are in a race against time as the "black boxes" emit a locator signal for only about 30 days.<\/p>\n

The recorders could also be up to 6,100m (20,000ft) deep on the bed of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

The Emeraude has sonar equipment on board and is expected to be able to cover an area of about 26 sq km (10 sq miles) each day.<\/p>\n

"The submarine’s main function is to search for the recorders," Brig Gen Ramon Cardoso of Brazil’s Aviation Authority said.<\/p>\n

"It will not be taking part in the search for bodies or debris."<\/p>\n

The US is also joining the search, sending two sophisticated listening devices, which will be deployed on two vessels hired by France. They will be towed in a grid pattern across the search area.<\/p>\n

If the aircraft’s two black boxes are located, a mini-submarine called the Nautile will be sent down to retrieve them. The vessel, which has a crew of three and is about 8m long, is the same one which explored the wreck of the Titanic.<\/p>\n

‘Airworthy’<\/p>\n

France’s Investigation and Analysis Bureau (BEA), which is in charge of the technical side of the inquiry, on Thursday played down speculation that a problem with the airspeed sensors caused the crash.<\/p>\n

"There is as yet no link between the pitot and the causes of the accident," a BEA spokeswoman was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Air France’s Managing Director Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said he was "not convinced" that faulty speed monitors were to blame.<\/p>\n

He was responding to criticism after it emerged that Air France had received replacement pitot probes for similar aircraft three days before the crash.<\/p>\n

He said Air France had ordered the replacements in late April after pilots noted a loss of airspeed data in flight on Airbus A330 and A340 models.<\/p>\n

But the incidents were "not catastrophic" and planes with the old pitots were considered airworthy, he said.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Gourgeon said, a programme to replace the external sensors would be stepped up all the same "because we know that during this accident there was a problem with measuring speed".<\/p>\n

The recovery of the black boxes is seen as key to understanding what happened, but Mr Gourgeon said even without them more information should be known about the crash in a week.<\/p>\n

"We will know much more, I think, after the autopsies allow us to better understand the technical causes of death and when the debris have been examined by experts," he said.<\/p>\n

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\nSEARCH FOR FLIGHT AF 447
\n1 June: Contact lost with plane over mid-Atlantic
\n2 June: First debris spotted from the air includes an airline seat. Brazilian defence minister says debris is from missing plane
\n3 June: More debris spotted, including a 7m-wide chunk of metal. Fuel slick seen on surface
\n4 June: Recovered buoys and pallet said to be from plane. Officials later retract statement
\n6 June: First two bodies, plus suitcase and backpack found, along with seat from the plane
\n7 June: Fourteen additional bodies recovered, taking total to 16
\n8 June: Large tail fin section found
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Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The first 16 bodies recovered from the scene of the Air France crash in the Atlantic ocean have been flown to the Brazilian city of Recife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":211177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The first 16 bodies recovered from the scene of the Air France crash in the Atlantic ocean have been flown to the Brazilian city of Recife.<\/p>\n

The bodies were taken to the city’s mortuary, where the process of identification will be carried out.<\/p>\n

A French nuclear submarine has joined the hunt for the data recorders – which would provide clues to the crash.<\/p>\n

French investigators say no link has yet been established between the crash and the aircraft’s speed monitors.<\/p>\n

Speculation about what caused the Airbus 330 to come down between Rio de Janeiro and Paris on 1 June has so far focused on the possibility that the airspeed sensors, known as pitot probes, were not working.<\/p>\n

The plane is known to have registered inconsistent speed readings just before it crashed in turbulent weather.<\/p>\n

‘Different mission’<\/p>\n

So far, only 41 bodies have been recovered from the area where Air France flight 447 – with 228 people on board – is known to have come down.<\/p>\n

Debris from the plane has also been found some 1,000km (600 miles) north-east of the Fernando de Noronha islands, which are about 320km off the north-eastern coast of Brazil.<\/p>\n

The first 16 bodies were flown to the temporary morgue in Recife from Fernando de Noronha on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Investigators hope they can use dental records and DNA tests to confirm identities. DNA samples have been taken from relatives of passengers to help with the process.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the French nuclear submarine – the Emeraude – has joined Brazil’s naval and air forces in the hunt for the flight’s data recorders.<\/p>\n

They have a large and remote area of ocean to search and are in a race against time as the "black boxes" emit a locator signal for only about 30 days.<\/p>\n

The recorders could also be up to 6,100m (20,000ft) deep on the bed of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

The Emeraude has sonar equipment on board and is expected to be able to cover an area of about 26 sq km (10 sq miles) each day.<\/p>\n

"The submarine’s main function is to search for the recorders," Brig Gen Ramon Cardoso of Brazil’s Aviation Authority said.<\/p>\n

"It will not be taking part in the search for bodies or debris."<\/p>\n

The US is also joining the search, sending two sophisticated listening devices, which will be deployed on two vessels hired by France. They will be towed in a grid pattern across the search area.<\/p>\n

If the aircraft’s two black boxes are located, a mini-submarine called the Nautile will be sent down to retrieve them. The vessel, which has a crew of three and is about 8m long, is the same one which explored the wreck of the Titanic.<\/p>\n

‘Airworthy’<\/p>\n

France’s Investigation and Analysis Bureau (BEA), which is in charge of the technical side of the inquiry, on Thursday played down speculation that a problem with the airspeed sensors caused the crash.<\/p>\n

"There is as yet no link between the pitot and the causes of the accident," a BEA spokeswoman was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Air France’s Managing Director Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said he was "not convinced" that faulty speed monitors were to blame.<\/p>\n

He was responding to criticism after it emerged that Air France had received replacement pitot probes for similar aircraft three days before the crash.<\/p>\n

He said Air France had ordered the replacements in late April after pilots noted a loss of airspeed data in flight on Airbus A330 and A340 models.<\/p>\n

But the incidents were "not catastrophic" and planes with the old pitots were considered airworthy, he said.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Gourgeon said, a programme to replace the external sensors would be stepped up all the same "because we know that during this accident there was a problem with measuring speed".<\/p>\n

The recovery of the black boxes is seen as key to understanding what happened, but Mr Gourgeon said even without them more information should be known about the crash in a week.<\/p>\n

"We will know much more, I think, after the autopsies allow us to better understand the technical causes of death and when the debris have been examined by experts," he said.<\/p>\n

—
\nSEARCH FOR FLIGHT AF 447
\n1 June: Contact lost with plane over mid-Atlantic
\n2 June: First debris spotted from the air includes an airline seat. Brazilian defence minister says debris is from missing plane
\n3 June: More debris spotted, including a 7m-wide chunk of metal. Fuel slick seen on surface
\n4 June: Recovered buoys and pallet said to be from plane. Officials later retract statement
\n6 June: First two bodies, plus suitcase and backpack found, along with seat from the plane
\n7 June: Fourteen additional bodies recovered, taking total to 16
\n8 June: Large tail fin section found
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