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Search crews discovered the tail fin of the Airbus A330
earlier this month. (Photo credit: AP)
Brazil has ended the search for bodies from Air France 447, the Airbus A330 that crashed en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris June 1, CNN is reporting. Authorities had previously found 51 of 228 bodies. As the wreckage is thought to be resting on the ocean floor, three miles deep, it is not expected that any more bodies would be found were the effort to continue.
At present, the cause of the crash, which occured several hundred miles northeast of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha archipelago, is officially unknown. It is believed that an explosive decompression may have occurred at 35,000 feet, investigators said, due to the forensic condition of the bodies found, many of which lacked heads and extremeties and were found without clothes. The cause of said explosion, howeveer, is up for debate. The plane sent several automated messages back to France indicating complete electrical failure. Initial theories proposed that the plane may have encountered excessive turbulence after entering an extremely strong cluster of thunderstorms. Many other flights, however, followed a similar path and none had the same fate. Terrorism has not been ruled out.
All 228 passengers and crew members on board died, including two Americans. At this time, it is unknown whether anyone with a connection to Austin was on the flight.
An important key in unlocking the mystery of Flight 447 would be the discovery of the flight's cockpit data recorders, known as black boxes. Time, however, is not on the side of crash investigators, as the homing signals emitted by black boxes are only emitted for 30 days. Stay tuned to the Austin International Travel Examiner regarding the status of the search for the black boxes, and all other International Travel news.
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