Brazil, France hunt for answers in Air France crash
By Evaristo Sa – 4 hours ago
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil (AFP) — Navy ships were due to arrive at a zone in the Atlantic off Brazil's coast where an Air France plane carrying 228 people crashed this week, as investigators focused on finding answers to the tragedy.
The first of the Brazilian navy vessels was to arrive early Wednesday, joining three cargo ships from France and the Netherlands that were rerouted to the area on Monday after debris from Air France flight AF 447 was spotted.
A Brazilian air force plane fitted with night-vision sensors conducted overnight sweeps of the zone, located around 500 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Brazil's Fernando do Noronha archipelago, itself 400 kilometers from the mainland, officials said.
Another three air force aircraft were to be deployed after dawn, when visual sweeps would also be made for any sign of bodies.
Defense Minister Nelson Jobim on Tuesday confirmed that the spot in Brazilian waters was the crash site of the Air France Airbus A330.
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