Air France Jet Debris Found
Debris has been found in the Atlantic, believed to be from an Air France jet that went missing on Monday morning. Some debris from the aircraft was found on Tuesday, and authorities in Brazil, where the plane departed, say that military has found more pieces of the plane floating in the Atlantic. There were a total of 228 passengers and crew members on the flight.
Included in the debris that was found by aircraft radar was a 23-foot section that could be part of the flight that disappeared, according to officials. Television in Brazil began to broadcast images of the debris, as well as a fuel slick stretching 12 miles. The suspected crash site is located around 400 miles north of Fernando de Noronha, a Brazilian island. No fragments of the debris have been recovered yet.
Since Tuesday, 1 French and two Dutch merchant ships have been in the vicinity of the crash, and 3 Brazilian naval ships were expected to arrive on the scene yesterday. Col. Jorge Amaral, a spokesman for the military, said that the 23-foot section that was found may be a piece of the plane’s tail or fuselage.
According to Brazilian officials, the debris was found within a radius of 3 miles from the fuel slick. No markings have been found to identify the debris and no bodies have been seen either.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that the passengers on board Flight 447 were dancers, doctors, executives, engineers and even royalty. Many of the passengers were parents, while 8 were children, and they were all from nations around Europe, South America, Africa, Canada, Asia, and the United States.
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