9 bodies retrieved so far from doomed Air France jetliner: Brazil
10:53, 15 June 2009
BRASILIA. June 15. KAZINFORM. A total of 49 bodies had so far been recovered from the the Air France passenger plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean nearly two weeks ago, the Brazilian navy said on Sunday, Xinhua reported; Kazinform refers to Trend News.
Six more bodies had been picked up at sea by the French navy ship Mistral, Brazilian military spokesman general Ramon Cardoso said at a press conference in Recife.
The Brazilian side had revised the number of recovered corpses from previously declared 44 to 43 before the new findings.
Cardoso said the search will continue until there is no hope to recover any more remains of the victims; Kazinform cites Trend News. See www.en.trend.az for full version.