17 bodies rescued from Air France crash site

BRASILIA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's navy and its aeronautics authority on Sunday confirmed that 17 bodies have arrived in the city of Recife from Air France's flight 447, which crashed over Atlantic ocean on the night of May 31, while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

A handout picture from the Brazilian Air Force shows pieces of debris from the crashed Air France Airbus A330 picked out by Brazilian Navy sailors from the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife. (Xinhua/Brazilian Air Force/Handout)

2 bodies, ticket found near Air France crash site

The Brazilian Air Force has confirmed two male bodies have been found in the Atlantic Ocean near the area where an Air France Flight 447 is believed to have crashed. Full story>>

Brazilian Air Force soldiers set up a military tent at Fernando de  Noronha Air Base in Fernando de Noronha, to support the search  mission intended to find debris or victims of Air France flight 447. Brazil's air force said two male bodies and debris have been recovered from the crash zone of a Air France jetliner that came down over the  Atlantic nearly a week earlier with 228 people on board.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)