by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, June 02, 2009 - 3:14 pm CST
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian authorities areconfirming what had already been assumed -- that the Air France jet
that disappeared Sunday night crashed in the sea.
The country's defense minister says Brazilian military planes
found a 3-mile path of wreckage in the Atlantic, confirming that
the plane with 228 people on board went down in the area.
The defense official says the wreckage included metallic and
nonmetallic pieces, but he didn't describe them. No bodies were
spotted.
Earlier, authorities announced that they had found an airplane
seat, an orange buoy and signs of fuel in that area of the
Atlantic, where the ocean is as deep as three miles.
As Brazilian Navy vessels headed to the area, three commercial
ships joined in the search. France is sending a ship that can
handle deep-water exploration. And a U.S. spy plane was diverted
from drug interdiction efforts to help with the effort.
A Brazilian Air Force spokesman says the wreckage was spotted to
the right of the spot where the plane's last signal was sent --
possibly a sign that the crew may have tried to make a turn to land
on an island.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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