More Bodies Recovered From Air France Crash in Atlantic

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Brazil’s military now says 17 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Air France passenger plane that crashed on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.The plane had 228 people on board when it vanished from radar screens May 31. The military late Sunday said a lot of debris from the plane also has been found in the water, northeast of the Fernando de Noronha Islands off Brazil’s northeastern coast.

French investigators say it is too early to conclude what caused Flight 447 to crash in stormy weather. However, they are considering the possibility that the plane’s airspeed instruments may have been faulty. If a plane’s speed sensors are not working correctly, they can make it go too fast or too slow, causing disastrous results. Investigators said the maker of the plane, Airbus, had recommended replacing part of the airspeed sensing system on its A330 aircraft. Air France had not yet done the work on the plane that crashed.

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