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Brazil
Ends Search For Passenger Bodies,
Wreckage Of Flight AF 447
Brasilia - After 26 days of
operations in the Atlantic Ocean, the Brazilian army
announced on Friday that they have ended their
search for passenger bodies and wreckage of flight
AF 447.
At a press conference held in Recife, northeastern
Brazil, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Munhoz,
spokesperson of the Brazilian army, said that no
more bodies had been found for nine days and there
is no possibility of finding more survivors of the
accident.
In total, the Brazilian army found bodies of 51
passengers, of whom 14 have been identified.
Besides, according to Munhoz, more than 600 wrecks
-- from structural components of the aircraft to
baggages -- were collected during the searches.
An Air France Airbus A330 plane plunged into the
Atlantic some 1,200 km off the Brazilian coastline
on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1.
All 228 people of 32 nationalities on board died.
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