Air France 447 - Brazilian Navy Command and Aeronautical Command - Press Release 33
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INFORMATION ON THE SEARCH FOR AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447
The Brazilian Navy Command and Aeronautical Command inform that, this Tuesday, June 16th, at 11:30 am (Brasilia local time), one more body was sighted and rescued by the Corvette Caboclo. In total 50 bodies have been found.
The definition of the daily search area for the aircraft is obtained by the studies done by the team of the SALVAERO Recife, that analyses data from various sources, like older reports, maritime currents and predominant winds. This data is put into the SARMASTER computer program, that aids the identification of new search area to be covered. The designated search area for today had more than 19 thousand square kilometers.
The Frigate Bosísio arrived near Fernando de Noronha with the six bodies located by the French Amphibious Assault ship Mistral. At 8:15am (Brasilia local time), a H-34 Super Puma helicopter landed in the archipelago with these bodies. At his moment the frigate is headed towards Natal (RN) for routine maintenance.
Tomorrow, the 17th, the Dock Landing Ship Rio de Janeiro will position itself around 25 miles (49 kilometers) north of Fortaleza (CE), in order to receive two helicopters: a UH-14 Super Puma and a UH-12 Esquilo. Besides this ship en route to the search area, the Brazilian Navy maintains the following means at the location: Tanker Gastão Motta, the Corvettes Caboclo and Jacegui, the Patrol Boat Goiana, as well as the seagoing Tug Triunfo. The French Navy operates with the Mistral ship and the Frigate Ventose.
The Brazilian Air Force is working with 10 aircraft: the R-99 aircraft, three C-130Hercules, two C-105A Amazonas, two P-95 Patrol Bandeirantes, a H-60LBlackhawk helicopter and a H-34 Super Puma helicopter. France uses two aircraft: a Falcon 50 and a Atlantic 2. Yesterday the Operation surpassed a total of one thousand hours flown by Brazilian and French aircraft.
NAVAL SOCIAL COMMUNICATION CENTER
AERONAUTICAL SOCIAL COMMUNICATION CENTER
