A handout photo released on 02 June 2009 by the French Defense Ministry (ECPAD) showing the interior of a French military airplane used in the search operation over the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France Airbus A330 jetliner with 228 people aboard that was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to France disappeared on 01 June. EPA/ECPAD /
A handout photo released on 02 June 2009 by the French Defense Ministry (ECPAD) showing the French military airplane used in the search operation over the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France Airbus A330 jetliner with 228 people aboard that was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to France disappeared on 01 June. Searchers found debris believed to belong to the missing Air France Airbus A330-200 floating on the water, a Brazilian Air Force spokesman said. EPA/ECPAD / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout photo released by the French Defense Ministry (ECPAD) showing the French military airplane used in the search operation over the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France Airbus A330 jetliner with 228 people aboard that was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to France disappeared on 01 June, in Paris, France on 02 June 2009. Searchers found debris believed to belong to the missing Air France Airbus A330-200 floating on the water, a Brazilian Air Force spokesman said. EPA/ECPAD / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
An undated handout from Shipspotting.com showing the French freighter Marfret Douce France. It has been reported on 02 June 2009 that the crew of a French freighter Douce France have spotted debris floating on the Atlantic Ocean in an area where missing Air France flight AF447 is suspected of crashing. The sighting by the crew of the Douce France was said to be in the same area off the coast of Senegal where a pilot with Brazil’s TAM airline reported having seen 'orange-colored spots' on the ocean surface around the same time as the Paris-bound flight disappeared. Air France Airbus 330-200 flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went missing on 01 June 2009 with 228 passengers and crew on board. EPA/SHIPSPOTTING.COM / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
An undated handout photograph made available by Airbus on 02 June 2009 showing an Airbus A330-200 similar to the Air France A330-200 lost over the Atlantic on 01 June 2009. Brazilian aircraft searching for an Air France jet which went missing with 228 people aboard in an Atlantic storm have spotted debris on the ocean media reports 0n 02 June 2009.The jet was heading from Brazil to Paris when it vanished about four hours into its flight, early on 01 June 2009. EPA/AIRBUS / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A hand out graphic provided on 01 June 2009 by Brazilian Air Force shows the area over the Atlantic Ocean where Brazilian air traffic controllers lost the track on 31 May 2009 of the Air France´s Airbus A330-200 airplane that was enroute between Rio de Janeiro and Paris with 228 people on board. EPA/BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
General view of the hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 02 June 2009, where relatives and friends of passengers of the Air France Airbus A330 jetliner with 228 people aboard that went missing while flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to France on 01 June, wait for news. Searchers found debris believed to belong to the missing Air France Airbus A330-200 floating on the water earlier in the day, a Brazilian Air Force spokesman said. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
Two pilots check a Brazilian Air Force R-99 plane at the airport of the archipelago Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, 02 June 2009. The plane uses a radar and an infrared sensor in order to detect objects in the sea as well to measure the changes in temperature. Some 36 hours after an Air France jetliner disappeared over the Atlantic with 228 people on board, a spokesman for the Brazilian air force said on 02 June that planes had detected small bits of wreckage that could stem from the aircraft. A seat and traces of oil and kerosene were found about 650 kilometers north-east of the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, air force spokesman Jorge Amaral said in Brasilia. The debris must now be recovered to determine if it came from the Airbus A330-200 that vanished early 01 June after encounteringturbulent weather on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA
Brazil's Defense Minister, Nelson Jobim looks on during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 02 June 2009. Jobim confirmed that the Air France plane that disappeared while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 01 June 2009, crashed over Brazilian territory, saying the Brazilian Air Force spotted parts of the airplane in the Atlantic Ocean. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
Airplane Hercules C-130 of the Brazilian Air Force, returns to the airport at the archipelago Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, 02 June 2009. The plane uses a radar and an infrared sensor in order to detect objects in the sea as well to measure the changes in temperature. Some 36 hours after an Air France jetliner disappeared over the Atlantic with 228 people on board, a spokesman for the Brazilian air force said on 02 June that planes had detected small bits of wreckage that could stem from the aircraft. A seat and traces of oil and kerosene were found about 650 kilometers north-east of the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, air force spokesman Jorge Amaral said in Brasilia. The debris must now be recovered to determine if it came from the Airbus A330-200 that vanished early 01 June after encounteringturbulent weather on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA
Brazil's Defense Minister, Nelson Jobim (R) talks during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 02 June 2009. Jobim confirmed that the Air France plane that disappeared while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 01 June 2009, crashed over Brazilian territory, saying the Brazilian Air Force spotted parts of the airplane in the Atlantic Ocean. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
Brazil's Defense Minister, Nelson Jobim talksholds up a map during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 02 June 2009. Jobim confirmed that the Air France plane that disappeared while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 01 June 2009, crashed over Brazilian territory, saying the Brazilian Air Force spotted parts of the airplane in the Atlantic Ocean. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
A handout photo released on 02 June 2009 by the French Defense Ministry (ECPAD) showing the interior of a French military airplane used in the search operation over the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France Airbus A330 jetliner with 228 people aboard that was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to France disappeared on 01 June, in Paris, France. Searchers found debris believed to belong to the missing Air France Airbus A330-200 floating on the water, a Brazilian Air Force spokesman said. EPA/ECPAD / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout photo released on 02 June 2009 by the French Defense Ministry (ECPAD) showing the interior of a French military airplane used in the search operation over the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France Airbus A330 jetliner with 228 people aboard that was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to France disappeared on 01 June, in Paris, France. Searchers found debris believed to belong to the missing Air France Airbus A330-200 floating on the water, a Brazilian Air Force spokesman said. EPA/ECPAD / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Relatives and friends of passengers of Air France's Airbus A330-200, which disappeared with 228 people on board when it was flying between Rio de Janeiro and Paris, comfort each other as they wait for news at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 02 June 2009. Brazilian Air Force reported they saw wreckage parts believed to belong to the missing airplane in the Atlantic Ocean earlier in the day. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
Relatives and friends arrive at Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01 June 2009, to receive information about the Air France´s Airbus A330-200 airplane, which disappeared with 228 people on board when it was enroute between Rio de Janeiro and Paris. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
French Consul in Rio de Janeiro Hugues Goispault (C) talks to the media at Tom Jobim airport of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01 June 2009. Air France´s Airbus A330-200 disappeared on 31 May 2009 with 228 people on board when it was enroute between Rio de Janeiro and Paris. Brazilian authorities started search operations of the plane on 01 June 2009. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
A handout picture released on 01 June 2009 shows Prince Pedro Luis de Orleans e Braganza, fourth in the line to the throne of the Brazilian crown, who is one of the 216 passengers of the Air France Airbus A330-200 disappeared since 22:33 local time (01:33 GMT) when was on route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. EPA/Reproduction
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