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Old 2nd Jul 2009, 14:11
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mollyd
 
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With differing translations I think we need to wait for the official one!

Air France jet 'broke on impact'




French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air.
They said they reached that conclusion after examining the plane's wreckage.
All 228 people aboard the plane were killed when it plunged into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1 June.
Teams looking for the plane's flight data recorders will continue operations for another 10 days, an official said.
Alain Bouillard of the investigating team said the plane probably hit the water belly-first.
He said the plane "appears to have hit the surface of the water in flying position with a strong acceleration".
The investigators also said that faulty speed sensors, which were suspected of being behind the crash, had been "a factor but not the cause".
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