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In Pictures: 'Air France Debris Recovery Continues'

By James Wray Jun 8, 2009, 21:32 GMT

A hand out picture provided by the Air Force of Brazil shows a group of marines recovering debris from the missing Air France jet at the Atlantic Ocean on 08 June 2009. After searching the open seas for days on end, the Brazilian navy is finding more and more victims of the fatal Air France flight 447 in the Atlantic. Six dead passengers had been recovered from the by water Sunday afternoon, 17 by evening. EPA/----

Brazilian federal police officers prepare refrigerated containers for the bodybags of victims of the Air France Airbus A330-200 that crashed over the Atlantic Ocean earlier in the month as the search continues from the aerial base of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil on 08 June 2009. The plane with 228 people onboard went missing over the Atlantic Ocean when enroute from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 01 June 2009. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA

Brazilian Air Force crew members of the H-60 Black Hawk team pictured at the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil, from where the search for victims of the Air France plane that crashed over the Atlantic Ocean continued on 08 June 2009. The plane with 228 people onboard went missing over the Atlantic Ocean when enroute from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 01 June 2009. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA

Handout picture released on 08 June 2009 by the French Defence ministry of the French frigate 'Ventose' as she participates on an operation to recover debris from the Air France A330 jet that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on 31 May. The Ventose recovered the body of one of the crash victims on 07 June. EPA/ECPAD / HANDOUT HANDOUT --- EDITORIAL USE ONLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Brazilian Air Force Colonel Henry Munhoz (L) and Brazilian Navy officer Gilcemar Tabosa (R) speak during a press conference in Recife, Brazil, on 07 June 2009 where they explained the Air France Airbus flight rescue operations. Search teams on 07 June 2009, recovered the bodies of 17 people from the Air France plane that plunged into the AtlanticOcean with 228 people on board on 01 June 2009. EPA/MARCELO SAYAO

Brazilian Air Force's BlackHawk awaits its turn for take off as aircraft C-105 is seen in the background at Fernando de Noronha island, 545 km east Recife, Brazil, 07 June 2009, where the military recovery operations from Air France flight 447 are supervised. Brazilian search crews on 06 June 2009 retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France plane in the Atlantic. The Air France's Airbus A330-200 vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board while flying between Rio de Janeiro and Paris. EPA/Sebastino Moreira

Brazilian Air Force aircraft C-105 gets ready for take off at Fernando de Noronha island, 545 km east Recife, Brazil, 07 June 2009, where the military recovery operations from Air France flight 447 are supervised. Brazilian search crews on 06 June 2009 retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France plane in the Atlantic. The Air France's Airbus A330-200 vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board while flying between Rio de Janeiro and Paris. EPA/Sebastiao Moreira

Brazilian Navy spokesman, Gilcemar Tabosa (L), and Henry Munhoz (R), spokesman of the Brazilian Air Force, answer questions from the media during a press conference held at the Cindacta III air control center in Recife, Brazil, 07 June 2009. The Brazilian authorities announced that another three bodies and debris from a crashed Air France plane in the Atlantic have been found. The Air France's Airbus A330-200 vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board while flying between Rio de Janeiro and Paris. EPA/Marcelo Sayao

A handout photograph provided on 07 June 2009, by the Brazilian Air Force shows Brazilian military recovery operations collecting a piece of debris from Air France flight 447 in the open Atlantic Ocean. Air France's Airbus A330-200 vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. EPA/BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE

A handout photograph provided on 07 June 2009, by the Brazilian Air Force shows a piece of debris from Air France flight 447. Air France's Airbus A330-200 vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. EPA/BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE

A handout photograph provided on 07 June 2009, by the Brazilian Air Force shows Brazilian helicopter military recovery operations collecting a piece of debris from Air France flight 447 in the open Atlantic Ocean. Air France's Airbus A330-200 vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. EPA/BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE HANDOUT