Eight more bodies of the passengers on the crashed Air France Flight 447 have been found, raising the total number of the recovered bodies to 24, the Brazilian military said on Monday.
The bodies were found in an area some 440 km northeast of the Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands where the water depth reaches 3,500 metres. The military also recovered a large tail section from the jetliner, an Airbus A330, helping narrow the hunt for “black boxes” that could reveal the cause of the disaster. According to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Munhoz, spokesman for
the Air Force, the recovered bodies and wreckage were being taken first to a military staging area at the Fernando de Noronha islands, and then to the northeastern coastal city of Recife for identification. Right now, finding the bodies of the plane’s 228 occupants was the top priority
of the search crew, the spokesman said. At least eight bodies were found on Monday after rescue teams hauled up 14 corpses on Sunday and two on Saturday, along with personal items
and pieces from the plane. Officials said they would no longer disclose the genders of the bodies found because in some cases that was impossible to immediately verify.
The bodies were found in an area some 440 km northeast of the Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands where the water depth reaches 3,500 metres. The military also recovered a large tail section from the jetliner, an Airbus A330, helping narrow the hunt for “black boxes” that could reveal the cause of the disaster. According to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Munhoz, spokesman for
the Air Force, the recovered bodies and wreckage were being taken first to a military staging area at the Fernando de Noronha islands, and then to the northeastern coastal city of Recife for identification. Right now, finding the bodies of the plane’s 228 occupants was the top priority
of the search crew, the spokesman said. At least eight bodies were found on Monday after rescue teams hauled up 14 corpses on Sunday and two on Saturday, along with personal items
and pieces from the plane. Officials said they would no longer disclose the genders of the bodies found because in some cases that was impossible to immediately verify.
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