'More bodies found' from lost jet

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'More bodies found' from lost jet

Brazilian searchers found confirmed debris from the plane on Saturday

Three more bodies have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean near where the Air France flight is thought to have crashed last week, Brazil's navy says.

Searchers have recovered five bodies so far, and ships are heading towards more that have been spotted in the area.

They were found some 1,000km (600 miles) north-east of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha islands where Flight 447 disappeared with 228 people on board.

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

The Brazilian navy did not specify the gender of the three new bodies. The first two recovered were males.

A spokesman said ships should be able to recover the additional bodies within a few hours, despite poor weather conditions.

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Speed sensors

The investigation is increasingly focusing on the aircraft's speed sensors, which had been providing inconsistent data in the minutes before it disappeared in turbulent weather.
SEARCH FOR FLIGHT AF 447
1 June: Contact lost with plane over mid-Atlantic
2 June: First debris spotted from the air includes an airline seat. Brazilian defence minister says debris is from missing plane
3 June: More debris spotted, including a 7m-wide chunk of metal. Fuel slick seen on ocean surface
4 June: Buoys and pallet recovered from ocean said to be from plane. Officials later retract statement
6 June: First two bodies, plus suitcase and backpack found, along with seat thought to be from the plane
7 June: Three additional bodies recovered, more sighted



Timeline of Flight AF 447
Air disasters timeline
Mystery of Air France flight
Challenge of deep-sea debris

Earlier, Air France said it was stepping up the process of replacing speed monitors on board its Airbus planes.

The company said it had first noticed problems with speed monitors a year ago and began replacing them a few weeks before the accident.

On Saturday, the Brazilian navy recovered the first confirmed debris from the plane, including a briefcase containing a ticket for Flight 447.

Other found debris thought to be linked to the flight included a blue seat and a backpack containing a computer.

The remains were found not far from where the last signal from the plane was received on Monday.

They were taken to the islands of Fernando de Noronha to be examined by experts.

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[Panda]

After this many days, with the wave action on bloated bodies the chances of finding any more are diminishing very fast.

[Nawty]

I killed a toad in the pond the other day....it floated for days.

Granted that was a toad and not a frog, but surely the genes are similar.

[Panda]

Did you get a stick and swish it around a bit to see if it still floated after it popped?

BTW, I hope it wasn't a Cane Toad? Their poison is released when they decompose and kills the fish. No good for the chooks and ducks either if they drink it.

[Mr R Sole]

Proves over fishing in the Atlantic then???? How come there are any left to find....Atlantic sharkless!!!! that's more of a worry if you ask me!!! how long has it been!! Tsunami bodies were absolutely horrific after just a day in Khao Lak....this has been over a week they must be grosser than gross by now!!!

If that was my loved one i wouldn't wanna ID what was left..

[Panda]

Very cold down there in the depths of the Atlantic. Perhaps a few just bobbed up after some movement? I cant imagine there would be much left of any on the surface by now.

[Nawty]

Tired pelicans would be thankful