Two bodies recovered from Atlantic (1)
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Two bodies of passengers from the Air France plane that crashed over the Atlantic have been recovered, Brazil’s air force has announced.
Debris thought to be from the downed airliner, including luggage and an aircraft seat, have also been retrieved, according to officials.
The bodies of two men were plucked from the sea 550 miles off the main coast of Brazil, apparently the first to be discovered of the 228 victims of the worst air disaster since 2001.
Colonel Jorge Amaral, a spokesman for Brazil’s air force, said that a blue aircraft seat, a leather bag and a nylon backpack containing a laptop computer had also been rescued from the waves. The seat’s serial number was being checked with Air France to confirm that it came from the missing Airbus 230 that came down over the sea on June 1.
“We confirm the recovery from the water debris and bodies from the Air France plane,” he told reporters in the northeastern city of Recife.
A plane seat, a nylon backpack containing a computer, and a leather briefcase with an Air France ticket inside were the first objects plucked from the sea, he said. One of the bags is said to contain a vaccination card.
The first body was then sighted by a navy vessel an hour later, and was quickly recovered by the ship’s crew.
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10:12 am EDT, June 7th, 2009 — Three More Bodies Recovered From Air France
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