Air France 447 - Brazilian Navy Command and Aeronautical Command - Press Release 30
PRESS RELEASE 30
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15/06/2009 - 14h19
Press Release - English
INFORMATION ON THE SEARCH FOR AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447
The Brazilian Navy Command and Aeronautical Command inform that, since the beginning of the operation, this day has presented the worst meteorological conditions for the searches ever. This scenario forced the aircraft that were launched to return to their bases and to remain grounded during most of the day.
During the day, the merchant ship Gammagas, from Antigua, on the route from Uruguay to United Kingdom, found and rescued part of the structure of the fallen aircraft, at a point 415 kilometers northwest of the São Pedro and São Paulo archipelago.
The Frigate Constituição will arrive tomorrow morning, the 14th, to the Port of Recife (PE), where it will unload wreckage and personal objects rescued from the search area. The airplane parts, as well as the baggage found, will be under the responsibility of the Bureau D´enquêtes et D´Analises pour la Securité de l´Aviation civile (BEA), as agreed by the French aeronautical authority and the airline Air France.
During the passage of the Frigate Constituição close to Fernando de Noronha, a H-60 Blackhawk helicopter, from the Brazilian Air Force, picked up the three bodies that were on the ship, transporting them to the archipelago for the initial round of forensic identification.
The other 21 bodies that were on the Archipelago arrived at 14:00, at the Recife Air Base and were entrusted to the care of the Legal Medical institute (IML) of the capital of Pernambuco state. The bodies still in Fernando de Noronha will be transported in the next few days, as initial forensic identification work progresses.
News organizations interested in covering the arrival of the Frigate Constituição to the Port of Recife, should register by means of the following e-mail: imprensa@cppe.mar.mil.br (Brazilian Navy).
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