Air France rushes to replace speed monitors

AIR France rushed yesterday to replace speed monitors suspected of feeding false information to the computers of Flight 447 and leading to a series of failures that broke the plane apart over the Atlantic Ocean.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2009 - 01:00

Marco Sibaja and Greg Keller Recife, Brazil

Four more bodies were pulled from the sea, and helicopters began ferrying other remains to shore.

A total of 28 bodies have been recovered; 200 others have yet to be found.

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Courts Place: Atlantic Ocean Place: Fernando de Noronha Place: Recife Place: Rio de Janeiro Place: Paris Person: Peter Goelz Person: Eric Derivry Person: Derivry Person: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Organisation: Air France Organisation: National Transportation Safety Board Organisation: SNPL Organisation: Associated Press

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