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Air France plane may have broken apart before crashing.


Air France Air France
 in full Compagnie Internationale Air France

French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde
 flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1 may have broken apart before crashing according to according to
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 reports from Brazilian newspaper, <i> O Estado de Sao Paulo.</i>

Preliminary exams Noun 1. preliminary exam - an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue
preliminary examination, prelim

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 on the first 16 bodies show the bodies arrived either naked or with minimal clothing indicating the clothes could have been pulled off with strong wind. Investigators will determine where in the plane the victims were sitting to help determine how the aircraft possibly broke apart, the paper said.

Almost all of the bodies had multiple fractures multiple fracture
n.
The simultaneous fracture of several bones.
, but no burns were found on any, the paper reported.

No water was found in victims' lungs, which would indicate drowning, meaning a death following the fall of the aircraft, Estado said.

The Bodies were found 53 miles apart, which could also indicate the Airbus A330-200 broke up before reaching the ocean, Estado reported.
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Publication:International Business Times - US ed.
Article Type:Brief article
Date:Jun 12, 2009
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