Probe ‘may never find black boxes’

CRASH investigators have said that they may never find black boxes that could explain why an Air France jet plunged into the ocean, as naval teams trawled deep Atlantic waters.

An inquiry has begun into the cause of Monday’s disaster, but the scattered and sunken remains of the jet will have to be recovered before hundreds of grieving relatives across the world can expect any answers.

In particular, investigators will want to get a hold of the Airbus A330’s black box flight data recorders, which may be lying in Atlantic Ocean waters as deep as 6,000 metres and 500 kilometres from land.