Signals heard from crash jet's black boxes

Signals from the black boxes of Flight 447 have been detected in the Atlantic by military ships, French newspaper Le Monde said today.

The report said a research mini-submarine, the Nautile, dived yesterday to search for the boxes based on a “very weak signal” from the flight recorders which was picked up by the French ships.

The report on Le Monde’s website today gave no source or other details.

Officials from the French military and the French marine institute which operates the mini-sub, and French air accident investigators, were not immediately available for comment.

The Airbus A330-200 plane plunged into the Atlantic on May 31 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 people on board were killed.

The black boxes will only continue to emit signals until the end of this month.