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Inquiry Finds French Flight Struck Ocean Intact
The Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people aboard, did not break up in the air but rather hit the water intact, investigators said.

Final moments
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Air France beacons fade with investigation hopes
Signals from the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are fading, weakening along with hopes of resolving what experts are calling one of history's most challenging plane crash investigations.

Air France plane was intact when it hit the ocean
Investigators: Jet hit the sea belly first at high speed Without black box exact cause may never be found The Air France plane that vanished in the middle of the Atlantic with 228 people on board did not disintegrate in mid-air but plunged into the water intact and belly first, investigators said today. Alain Bouillard, leading the preliminary inquiry on behalf of France's BEA accident agency, said examination of wreckage indicated the A330 Airbus was still in one piece when it crashed, at high speed, into the ocean. "The plane was not destroyed while it was in flight," he told a press conference near Paris. "It seems to have hit the surface of the water in the direction of flight and with a strong vertical acceleration." Appearing to rule out any question ofterrorism, Bouillard added that "neither traces of fire nor traces of explosives" had been found. Just over a month since Flight AF447 went down during a flightbetween Rio de Janeiro and Paris,, killing all passengers and crew,

Report: Air France plane crashed intact
The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced Thursday.

Air France Plane Fell Vertically, Did Not Break Up in Flight
Air France crash investigators said on Thursday Flight 447 was not destroyed in flight, but fell vertically and crashed intact in the Ocean.

Doomed Air France plane hit sea intact: investigators
PARIS (Reuters) - The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month hit the water intact and at high speed but was missing for six hours before an emergency was declared, French investigators said on Thursday.

Air France flight 447 crashed belly-first into the Atlantic, investigators say
The pilots of the Air France Airbus that crashed off Brazil may have struggled to the end to control their stricken aircraft because it remained intact until it hit the Atlantic, investigators indicated today.

Air France crash: plane 'fell vertically' from sky report finds
The Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic killing the 228 people on board plunged "vertically" from the sky and did not break up in midair a report has found.

Air France Flight 447 fell intact into sea
LE BOURGET, France -- A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean. Alain Bouillard, leading the investigation into the June 1 crash for the French accident investigation agency BEA, also says life vests found among the wreckage of the plane were not inflated. All 228 people aboard the plane were killed when it plunged into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Mr. Bouillard said at a news conference outside Paris on Thursday that the search for the plane's black boxes has been extended ... Email

AF 447 didn't break up mid-air: Probe
The Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic a month ago with 228 people on board did not break up in mid-air, the French bureau leading the investigation said on Thursday.

Air France Flight 447 didn`t break up in mid-air: Probe!
The Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic a month ago with 228 people on board did not break up in mid-air, the French bureau leading the investigation said on Thursday.