AF447 Plane Accident

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Sky News: French helicopter recovers sixth body from the Atlantic near Air France crash site.

GloboNews: More bodies sighted in the Atlantic near Air France crash site; to be recovered throughout the day.

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Photo has been released:

Brazilian air force releases photo of plane wreckage showing Air France logo:

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Brazilian officials say they have recovered 11 more bodies from the Atlantic where an Air France plane crashed last week.

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More Bodies:

More bodies have been recovered from the Atlantic in the area where a French jet disappeared last week, bringing the total number to 17, officials say.

Dozens of pieces of debris from the Air France plane were also picked up by Brazilian and French ships.

They were found some 1,000km (600 miles) north-east of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha islands where the Airbus disappeared with 228 people.

Meanwhile, the investigation is looking into faulty speed sensors on the plane.

Brazilian and French ships recovered 15 bodies on Sunday - six days after the crash. Two bodies had been retrieved on Saturday.

Brazilian officials say four of the bodies are of men and four are of women. There is no word on the others.

[le harry]

Atleast things are starting to turn up now. I'd like to hear what the black box recording was.

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New Photos:

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The cause of flight AF447's destruction over the Atlantic last week remains a mystery. But of all the possibilities, the one the aviation industry is arguably most worried about is failure of the plane's carbon-fibre tailfins, rudder or flaps.

If these parts weren't able to cope with the stresses caused by fierce weather conditions off the coast of Brazil, the industry may be forced to rethink its grand plan to replace metal aircraft with those made from lightweight composite materials.

Aircraft manufacturers have gradually been introducing parts made from carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) over the past two decades. In a few weeks the first aircraft with a pressurised CFRP fuselage, the Boeing 787, will make its maiden flight. The second, the Airbus A350, will follow in 2012.

The move to CFRP is the biggest shift in aircraft design since the introduction of all-aluminium pressurised aircraft in the 1950s. It is much lighter than metal, so planes can carry more passengers with the same amount of fuel, cutting fuel bills and carbon footprints. But questions have been raised about its safety.

There is more and if anyones intrested in this type of stuff then the link is below :].

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...447-crash.html

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Update kinda:

Air France pilots union threatening to strike if A330 sensors aren't replaced.

[Lee]

Don't blame them to be honest, they shouldn't be putting lives in danger.

[LogicDepths]

Things happen, R.I.P though. I am excited to see the air crash investigation of this in a few years (Not because they died but why nothing was said by the pilots about a serious problem).

Exactly the same here.