Brazilian Navy recovers 24 air crash victims

TWO Brazilian helicopters took off from the islands of Fernando de Noronha to pick up 16 bodies of Air France crash victims, as airline chiefs at a conference insisted the Airbus A330 was one of the safest planes in the world to fly.

The bodies were being brought in by a Brazilian navy ship, then were being flown by helicopter to Fernando de Noronha and by plane to Recife, where experts will try to identify them.

Emirates Airlines president Tim Clark said the company has a fleet of 29 A330-200 planes that have been flying since 1998.