Air France Flight 447 debris arrives in France for further examination by crash investigatorsPARIS — Debris from Air France Flight 447 has been brought to France for further examination, the agency investigating the crash said Wednesday. 2 ships ending search for Air France black boxes; French submarine continuesRIO DE JANEIRO — Two ships using U.S. listening devices to search for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 were ending their hunt Friday, an American commander said. Wreckage of Air France Flight 447 en route from Brazil to France for further investigationPARIS — More than 600 pieces of Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues into the June 1 crash, Airbus said Thursday. Air France pilots’ accuse crash investigators of not checking into speed probe problemsPARIS — Air France pilots have asked French crash investigators for details of the airline’s past problems with the speed sensors suspected of being a factor in the crash of Air France Flight 447. French President Sarkozy wants to plug air traffic gaps over Atlantic after Air France crashPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy, denouncing “black holes” in air traffic controls, said Tuesday that officials are working out ways to avoid surveillance gaps over the Atlantic Ocean after the crash of Air France Flight 447. Brazil officials identify 21 more victims of Air France crashRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials say they’ve identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month. Air France black box beacons starting to fade along with hopes of finding crash causeRIO DE JANEIRO — Signals from the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are fading, weakening along with hopes of resolving what experts are calling one of history’s most challenging plane crash investigations. French investigators: Search for Flight 447 black boxes continuing even as signals set to fadePARIS — French investigators say the search for the black boxes of Flight 447 is continuing although they are no longer certain to emit signals. Brazil ends search for bodies from Air France crash; search for black boxes goes onSAO PAULO — Brazil has ended the search for more bodies from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month, calling the task “impossible,” but the search for the jet’s flight recorders will go on. Search for Air France jet’s black boxes likely to continue to mid-JulySAO PAULO — Brazil called off the search for more bodies and debris from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean but an American officer said the search for the black boxes would likely continue for at least another 16 days. Air France says the bodies of the pilot and a crew member of Flight 447 retrieved in AtlanticPARIS — Search crews in the mid-Atlantic have retrieved the bodies of the chief pilot of Flight 447 and a flight attendant, Air France said Thursday. Sounds detected in Atlantic but no ‘pings’ from Flight 447 black boxes, French officials sayPARIS — French military ships searching for the black boxes of Flight 447 have detected sounds in the Atlantic depths but they are not from the Air France plane’s flight recorders, French officials said Tuesday. French official says sounds detected in Atlantic are not from Flight 447 black boxesOfficial: No black box signals from Flight 447 PARIS — A French official says sounds detected by search teams in the Atlantic depths are not those of Flight 447’s black boxes. The aide to France’s top transport official, Jean-Louis Borloo, says the “black boxes have not been detected.” The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to be publicly named. Report: Signals detected from Air France flight 447 black boxes in Atlantic OceanPARIS — The French newspaper Le Monde reported Tuesday that French military ships have detected a signal from the black boxes of Flight 447 in the Atlantic depths. Medical examiners: 10 bodies of doomed Air France jet identified as BraziliansSAO PAULO — Ten of 50 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic three weeks ago have been identified as Brazilians, medical examiners said. Air France says it will give financial advance to families of crash victimsPARIS — Air France focused on aiding families of victims from the crash of Flight 447, offering a first advance on compensation on Friday while investigators worked quietly to solve the mystery of what brought the jet down. Air France says it will give $24,000 _ euro17,500 _ advance to families of crash victimsPARIS — Air France said Friday it would give about €17,500 ($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. Air France says it will give $24,000 _ €17,500 _ advance to families of crash victimsPARIS — Air France said Friday it would 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. Air France says it will give €17,500 _ $24,000 _ advance to families of crash victimsPARIS — Air France said Friday it would give about €17,500 ($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. Air France says it will give euro17,500 _ $24,000 _ advance to families of crash victimsPARIS — Air France said Friday it would 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. Experts: Autopsies on Air France victims suggest jet broke apart in the skiesSAO PAULO — Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that — along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic — strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say. Brazil official to AP: Jet crash bodies show fractures; expert says could mean midair breakupSAO PAULO — Bodies recovered in the Air France disaster show multiple fractures in the legs, hips and arms, a Brazilian official said Wednesday. Experts said such injuries suggest the plane broke up in the air. French investigator: 400 pieces of Flight 447 found, no conclusions so farLE BOURGET, France — Search teams have recovered more than 400 pieces of debris from Air France Flight 447 but investigators still do not know why the plane crashed into the Atlantic, the French accident chief said Wednesday. French investigator says 400 pieces of Flight 447 found, no conclusions so farLE BOURGET, France — French investigators say more than 400 pieces of Flight 447 have been recovered in the Atlantic. French minister: Search for Flight 447 debris, black boxes will go on as long as there’s hopeLE BOURGET, France — The arduous mid-Atlantic search for the remains of Air France Flight 447 will go on as long as there is hope of finding the plane’s black boxes, the French defense minister said Tuesday. Speed monitors switched on all Air France long-haul jets; US Navy locator begins searchPARIS — Air France has finished replacing air speed monitors on all its long-haul Airbus aircraft even though the cause of the Flight 447 disaster remains a mystery, a pilots’ union official said Monday. Air France replaces airspeed sensors on all Airbus A330, A340 planes, pilots’ union saysPARIS — Air France has replaced the air speed sensors on its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul aircraft, a pilots’ union official said Monday. The company had been under pressure from pilots who feared the devices could be linked to the crash of Flight 447. Dutch ship using US locating device to search for black boxes, cause of AF Flight 447 crashSAO PAULO — A Dutch ship towing a high-tech, U.S. Navy listening device was set to troll the Atlantic on Sunday in search of data and voice recorders that investigators say are key to determining what caused an Air France jet to crash in the Atlantic with 228 people on board. Doomed Air France jet sent message on rudder safety device before crashing into AtlanticRIO DE JANEIRO — A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said. Burst of 24 messages from downed Air France flight offers few clues for investigatorsRIO DE JANEIRO — A burst of automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 offers few concrete clues into what made the plane crash into the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris two weeks ago, an aviation expert said Saturday. |