The family of an Irish woman killed in the June 2009 Air France plane crash in the Atlantic which claimed the lives of 228 people has given up hope of her body being recovered.

THE crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not realise the plane was in a stall, were insufficiently trained in flying manually, and never informed the passengers that anything was wrong before they plunged into the sea.

Investigators will today reveal precise details of how an Air France plane crashed into the Atlantic killing 228 people in 2009.

The bodies of the last 104 people who were killed on the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009 have arrived at a Paris laboratory to be identified.

THE Air France plane which crashed into the Atlantic two years ago killing 228 people including three Irish women stalled, lost speed and descended at a rate of 180ft per second, an accident report has confirmed.

THE family of a young Irish woman who died in the June 2009 Air France-KLM plane crash off Brazil believe evidence in the second recovered black box will prove whether the airline was responsible for her death.

UNDERSEA robots have located bodies, motors and a “large part” of an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, in which three young Irish women died.

Investigators are hoping the discovery of wreckage will shed light on what caused an Air France plane to crash in the Atlantic almost two years ago.

A TOTAL of 242 Irish people died in tragic circumstances while away for holidays or work so far in 2009 – the highest number of deaths abroad ever recorded by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

AN Irish woman killed in the Air France disaster was in love with her childhood sweetheart and about to start her dream job as a surgeon, her funeral mass heard yesterday.

An Irish woman killed in the Air France disaster was in love with her childhood sweetheart and about to start her dream job as a surgeon, her funeral mass heard today.

One of the three young Irish doctors killed in last month's Air France disaster is due to be laid to rest in Dublin this afternoon.

THE remains of one of the three young Irish doctors lost in the air crash off Brazil five weeks ago are on their way home after a positive identification was made from a body recovered from the sea.

The remains of one of the three young Irish women killed in the Air France plane disaster off Brazil have been identified among the bodies recovered from the sea.

A memorial service has been held in Co Down for a young doctor killed in the Air France crash two weeks ago.

GARDA forensic experts are to fly to Brazil to help identify the bodies of people who perished in the Air France plane disaster a week ago.

Two Irish detectives are being sent to Brazil to help identify the bodies pulled from the Atlantic Ocean after the Air France disaster, it was announced today.

Search crews have found two bodies believed to be from the missing Air France flight which disappeared over the Atlantic with five Britons on board, Brazil’s air force said today.

HOPES grew for three Irish families that their loved ones’ final resting place will be traced after wreckage thought to be from the missing Air France plane was spotted in seas off the coast of northern Brazil.

IN competitive fields, friendships can suffer but Jane Deasy, Aisling Butler and Eithne Walls weren’t about to let their’s become a casualty.

THE family of one of three young Irish women on board the Air France airliner spoke yesterday of their heartbreak at the loss of their daughter.

Families of two young Irish doctors on board the Air France airliner that vanished over the Atlantic spoke today of their heartbreak at the loss of their daughters.

Two Aer Lingus staff were on board an Air France flight which disappeared en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris yesterday, it emerged this afternoon.

The family of one of three young Irish women onboard the Air France airliner that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean spoke today of their heartbreak at the loss of their daughter.

Three young Irish women onboard the Air France airliner which vanished over the Atlantic Ocean were best friends who were forging out promising careers as doctors.

THREE young Irish women onboard the Air France airliner which vanished over the Atlantic Ocean were best friends who were forging out promising careers as doctors, it emerged tonight.

THREE young Irish doctors were among the 228 people on board an Air France jet that vanished en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.