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A French team has recovered the first body from the seabed debris of the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, killing 228 people. The body was brought to the surface by mini-submarines from a depth of almost 4km (2.4 miles). Samples are being sent to labs in France for DNA identification. Police are not sure whether ... Read More »

A French judge has filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France over a crash in 2009. All the 228 people on board were killed when the airline’s Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris came down in the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June that year. The preliminary charges pave the way for further investigation. The move comes a day ... Read More »