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Old 25th May 2011, 08:30
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29 Bodies recovered

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"Since May 21, another 29 bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the crashed Air France flight from the bottom of the Atlantic by the "Ile de Sein". The ship had returned to the crash site off the Brazilian coast on May 21 coming from Senegal with a replacement crew. Meanwhile a total of 82 human remains have been recovered of the 216 passengers and 12 crew members on board the AF 447 flight."

I think that the authorities are now focusing on bodies recovering rather than the wreckages by themselves.
I'm still wondering if the cockpit has been recovered and bring to the surface.
During the last BEA press conference, Mr Bouillard briefly spoke of the cockpit recovering and it was not clear, even for him, whether it had be lifted to the surface or would be "soon". I have not recorded the footage and I don't recall exactly what he said precisely.
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