Brazilian AF update
04/06/2009 - 10h08 (Brasilia time=15h08 GMT)
Air Command announced that during the searches conducted in the early hours of today (04/06), an R-99 aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has identified new items of debris near the cliffs south of St Peter and St Paul.
During the night, five other military aircraft took off from Natal-RN into the search area (three FAB C-130 Hercules, one USAF P-3 Orion and one French Falcon 50).
For the first time during the operation, a H-60 Black Hawk helicopter, based in Fernando de Noronha (PE), takes part in the search missions 110km northeast of the archipelago.
Besides the visual exploration of the area in which new debris has been detected, the aircraft involved will coordinate the direction of two Brazilian Navy vessels that are in the area to retrieve debris.