Black box hunt 'over'.AIR crash investigators have given up their search for the black box flight recorder flight recorder Instrument that records the performance and condition of an aircraft in flight. Regulatory agencies require these devices on commercial aircraft to make possible the analysis of crashes or other unusual occurrences. from a French passenger jet that came down in the Atlantic. The 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 airbus crashed on June 1 on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 people on board were killed. France's air accident investigation agency said the ship that had been searching for the black box had left the area of the crash and was due to arrive in Dakar, Senegal, yesterday. They said the underwater hunt for the flight recorder "has finished" but added that more searches could be launched. |
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