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Air France 447 Hit Belly First: Investigators
Posted: 07-03-2009, 03:30 AM Investigators said Thursday that Air France 447 apparently didn't break up in flight but fell belly first into the equatorial Atlantic early on the morning of June 1. Thus far, 51 bodies of the 228 people aboard the Airbus 330 have been recovered and the search for additional victims ended last Friday. The search for the aircraft's flight data and cockpit voice recorders continues, but it too is expected to be suspended on July 10. ?The plane was not destroyed while it was in flight,? Alain Bouillard, the chief of the investigation told reporters. ?It seems to have hit the surface of the water in level attitude and with a strong vertical acceleration.
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