List of some passengers aboard Air France flight lost in Atlantic

A list of the named crew and passengers aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 people:

Company names American geologist and wife who were on missing Air France flight

NEW ORLEANS — The two Americans on board an Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean were a geologist and his wife headed to Europe for work and vacation, a spokesman for his employer said Tuesday.

Wreckage found in search area for missing Air France plane (Third Lead)

SAO PAULO/PARIS - Wreckage has been found in the Atlantic Ocean possibly from the Air France plane that disappeared Monday with 228 people on board, a spokesman for the Brazilian air force said Tuesday.

PM shares grief with France, Brazil over jetliner tragedy

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the loss of lives in the Air France jetliner tragedy.

Families, friends pay tribute to passengers from 32 countries on Air France flight

PARIS — Three young Irish doctors, all close friends, enjoying a two-week vacation together in Brazil.

Wreckage seen in search area for missing Air France plane: Report (Second Lead)

PARIS - Wreckage has been found in the Atlantic Ocean that could have come from a missing Air France jet that disappeared Monday with 228 passengers and crew on board, CNN said Tuesday citing Brazilian aviation officials.

Brazil military spots seat cushion, other debris in search for missing plane

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil — Brazilian military pilots spotted an airplane seat, an orange buoy, and other debris and signs of fuel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday as they hunted for a missing Air France jet that carried 228 people.

Brazil air force finds seats, other debris that could be from Air France plane

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Air Force says it has found airplane seats and other debris floating in the Atlantic Ocean along the path that a missing Air France jet was flying.

Air France jet missing with 228 people over Atlantic after running into thunderstorms

SAO PAULO — An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms and disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. French President Nicolas Sarkozy told families of those aboard Monday that “prospects of finding survivors are very small.”