Air France Ocean-Crash Debris, Bodies Found by Search Team
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Wreckage and bodies from the 2009 Air France crash were located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, stoking optimism that investigators may be able to determine the cause of the disaster that killed 228 people.
Debris from Flight 447 was located about 3,900 meters (12,800 feet) below the surface by the Alucia search vessel, said Jean-Paul Troadec, the director of France’s BEA air-crash investigation agency. The discovery follows three failed attempts to locate the aircraft, which went down on June 1, 2009, traveling to Paris Charles De Gaulle airport from Brazil.