Brazil abandons search for Air France bodies.Summary: Brazil has called off its hunt for the bodies of passengers killed in 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 jet crash. The Brazilian military has called off its hunt for the remaining bodies of passengers killed in the Air France jet crash. Teams have recovered 51 bodies from the flight, which vanished on June 1 with 228 people on board, but officials say it is now inconceivable they will find any more. Brazilian Air Force The Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) is the aerial warfare branch of the Brazilian armed forces and one of the three national uniformed services. Colonel Henry Munhoz said: "The reason for this is the impossibility of finding survivors or bodies, which has always been the main focus of our search efforts." However, French and American crews will continue to look for the black box flight recorders 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 the plane. Five Britons were among those on the flight, one of whom has been formally identified as Graham Gardner, 52, from Gourock, Inverclyde. In a statement released by his widow, Joyce, 51, she said: "Although the finality fi·nal·i·ty n. pl. fi·nal·i·ties 1. The condition or fact of being final. 2. A final, conclusive, or decisive act or utterance. Noun 1. of being told Graham is no longer with us was a shock, I feel relieved and grateful that we are now going to be able to bring Graham home where he belongs." Flight 447 disappeared from radar over the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas whilst en route from Rio de Janiero to Paris, after entering a storm zone. Investigators are yet to determine the cause of the crash and are still searching for the data recorders A data recorder is a piece of equipment which records data, and may also be called a data logger. Examples of data recorders are:
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