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An Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm on June 1, 2009, with 228 passengers and crew on board.

June 18

The leader of France's Senate, Gerard Larcher, throws a wreath into the waters of Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in homage to the 228 people killed when an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic early this month.

Vanderlei Almeida-AFP/Getty Images

June 12

Soldiers approach a piece of debris believed to be part of Air France Flight 447 during continuing searches for debris and bodies.

June 17

A Brazilian navy diver picks a piece of debris from Air France Flight 447 out of the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles northeast of Recife, Brazil.

Ho-Reuters

June 17

Debris from Air France Flight 447 floats on the Atlantic Ocean.

Ho-Reuters

June 17

Members of a Brazilian navy ship pick a piece of debris of the Air France Flight 447 from the Atlantic Ocean.

June 11

Brazilian air force officer Henry Munhoz, right, shows a picture to journalists while speaking about attempts to recover more bodies and wreckage from the Air France A330 aircraft during a press conference at the Air Force base, in Recife, Brazil.

Mauricio Lima-AFP/Getty Images

June 11

The Brazilian air force on board a Hercules C-130 searches for the Air France A330 aircraft that crashed mid-flight.

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June 11

Members of the Brazilian air force carry the body of a victim of Air France Flight 447 at a base in Fernando de Noronha Island. All 228 people aboard Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris are believed to have died when the Airbus A330 aircraft crashed into the ocean after flying into stormy weather. Brazilian military search teams have recovered 41 bodies from the sea and relocated some to the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha off Brazil's northeastern coast, which serves as a base for the search operations.

Stringer/brazil-REUTERS

June 11

A screened graphic explains the resources, location, and organization of France's and Brazil's joint search to find passengers' bodies, debris and missing flight recorders from the Air France plane crash.This graphic was seen during a weekly press briefing by French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck at the Defense Ministry in Paris. Prazuck stated that the French oceanographic survey ship, Pourquoi Pas, is due to arrive in the search zone Friday.

Jacques Brinon-AP

June 9

Brazilian air force officials work in the search and rescue operation center at CINDACTA III air base in Recife, Brazil. Officials updated to 28 the total number of bodies found in the water, about 45 miles from where the Air France flight sent out messages signaling electrical failures and loss of cabin pressure.

Roberto Candia-AP

June 9

Members of the Brazilian air force carry a recovered body in Fernando de Noronha Island's airport off the northeast coast of Brazil. Of the nine corpses found by Brazilian forces over the weekend, four were male and four were female. The sex of the ninth body was not identified.

Eraldo Peres-AP

June 8

Mike King of DNL Cargo Inc. ties down a deep-sea cable in Dulles, Va. The cable, able to reach a depth of 20,000 feet, will be attached to an underwater pinger locator to help locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the aircraft.

Oscar Sosa-BLOOMBERG NEWS

June 8

Federal police forensic officers prepare a container for bodies found during the search for the missing Air France jet, in Fernando de Noronha island airport, off the northeast coast of Brazil. A U.S. Navy team was flying to Brazil with high-tech underwater listening devices to help the search for the black boxes from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

Eraldo Peres-AP

June 7

Brazilian official Henry Munoz of the air force shows a map during a news conference in Recife, Brazil. Search crews have now recovered 15 bodies, spotted other corpses and found a large amount of debris from the plane that plunged into the Atlantic.

Reuters

June 8

In this photo released by the French Defense ministry, a French navy diver from the Ventose frigate approaches floating debris in the Atlantic ocean. Search ships methodically worked through debris from the downed jet, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down.

French Defense Ministry-AP

June 8

Salvage teams work to retrieve debris from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 off the coast of Brazil.

Brazil Air Force-Bloomberg News

June 7

Brazilian navy sailors pick a piece of debris from Air France Flight 447 out of the Atlantic Ocean. Search ships recovered four more bodies Sunday, about 45 miles from where the jet sent out messages signaling electrical failures and loss of cabin pressure.

Reuters

June 7

Brazilian navy Capt. Giucemar Tabosa Cardoso and Brazilian air force Col. Henry Munhoz attend a press conference in Recife. "We're navigating through a sea of debris," Cardoso said.

Ricardo Moraes-AP

June 7

Federal police forensic officers walk in front of a Brazilian Air Force plane during search operations at the Fernando de Noronha Airport. Brazil's military is not releasing information about bodies or debris that have not been taken aboard ships.

Eraldo Peres-AP

June 4

Brazilian air force officers load packs of body bags to be sent to the crash area of Air France Flight 447. As Brazil and France disagreed Friday about whether pieces of a downed Air France jet have been found in the Atlantic, investigators used the last messages from the plane to try to avoid future disasters.

Bruno Domingos-REUTERS

June 5

Leonardo Veras, director of the Shark Museum in Fernando de Noronha Island, shows a shark jaw during an interview about the chance of finding survivors from flight Air France 447 in an ocean full of sharks. France's Transportation Minister Dominique Bussereau said his own country's searchers have found no signs of the Airbus A330.

Evaristo Sa-AFP/Getty Images

June 5

Christopher Benich, head of Aerospace and Regulatory Affairs for Honeywell International Inc., sits with a Honeywell commercial flight data recorder, left, and a cockpit data recorder, or "black box," before an interview in Washington, D.C. Honeywell certifies that the black box recorders on Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil this week, will remain intact as deep as 3.8 miles as the search for debris continues. The recorders shown here are not from Flight 447.

Joshua Roberts-BLOOMBERG NEWS

June 4

A member of the ground crew uses hand signals to guide an arriving Atlantic Model 2 plane, returning from the site of the crash of an Air France flight, at the French military air base in Dakar, Senegal.

Rebecca Blackwell-AP

June 4

French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner, fourth from right, attends a mass to pay tribute to the victims of Flight 447 at the Candelaria Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Conflicting clues to the cause of the loss of the Air France jet and the 228 people on board emerged on Thursday, deepening the mystery as the hunt for evidence intensified.

Joao Paulo-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

A relative of a passenger on Air France's Flight 447, which was reported missing on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, prays during a mass at a church in Rio de Janeiro. Air France has told families of passengers on Sunday's flight that the jetliner broke apart and they must abandon hope that anyone survived, a grief counselor said.

Silvia Izquierdo-AP

June 3

Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, left, and a navy officer show the locations on a chart where debris of the Air France flight was found during searches by Brazilian navy planes in Brasilia. Jobim said that it appeared unlikely that an explosion tore apart the Air France plane that came down in the Atlantic.

Julia Alves-AFP/Getty Images

June 3

Two relatives of passengers of the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 are surrounded by journalists at the hotel where they are being looked after, close to Rio de Janeiro's international airport.

Vanderlei Almeida-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Friends and relatives of passengers on the Air France flight comfort each other after attending a mass at the Candelaria Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Conflicting clues to the cause of the loss of the jet and the 228 people on board have emerged, further deepening the mystery of the crash. A Spanish pilot flying in the same area as the Rio-Paris flight when it plunged into the Atlantic spoke of an "intense flash," while a Brazilian minister appeared to rule out a mid-air explosion.

Antonio Scorza-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

A ground crew unloads a refrigerated truck from a Brazilian Air Force C-105 Aircraft at Fernando de Noronha Island Airport. Brazilian navy ships began recovering debris from an Air France jet that came down in the Atlantic early this week, a Brazilian air force official said.

Evaristo Sa-AFP/Getty Images

June 3

A sign marks Air France's promontory at Fernando de Noronha Island in northeastern Brazil, where the French used to have a radio base to support commercial aviation, about 400 miles from where debris of Air France Flight 447 was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean.

Evaristo Sa-AFP/Getty Images

June 3

In this photo released by Brazil's air force, a pilot flies during search operations for Air France's Flight 447 that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil. Brazil's Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said debris discovered so far was spread over a wide area, with 140 miles separating pieces of wreckage.

Johnson Barros-AP

June 3

Air France employees stand outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during an ecumenical church service for relatives and families of the passengers of Air France's Flight 447 that vanished Monday over the Atlantic Ocean.

Bob Edme, Pool-Reuters

June 3

French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and Cardinal Vingt-Trois, far right, Archbishop of Paris, leave the Notre Dame Cathedral after a memorial service for the victims of the Air France air crash.

Pascal Le Segretain-Getty Images

June 3

Air France employees react outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after an ecumenical church service for relatives and families of the passengers of Air France's Flight 447 that vanished Monday over the Atlantic Ocean.

Bob Edme, Pool-Reuters

June 3

Mourners lay flowers outside Notre Dame Cathedral before a memorial service for the victims of the Air France air crash in Paris.

Pascal Le Segretain-Getty Images

June 3

In this handout image released by the Brazilian Air Force, oil is seen over the Atlantic Ocean as an Air Force rescue team flies in search of the wreckage of the missing Air France Rio de Janeiro-Paris Flight 447. Search teams identified more floating debris some 600 miles off the coast of Brazil, officials said.

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June 2

Brazilian Air Force officers look for signs of Air France Flight 447 as they patrol the crash area in the open Atlantic Ocean some 745 miles northeast of Recife. Brazilian and French navy vessels rushed to the area where debris from Monday's disaster was found, hoping to retrieve as much of the wreckage as possible.

Reuters

This undated handout photograph released by the Brazilian Navy shows the frigate Grajau, one of the ships involved in the search for the Air France AirBus 330 that disappeared June 1 over the Atlantic Ocean. The first of the Brazilian navy vessels was to arrive early June 3, joining three cargo ships from France and the Netherlands that were rerouted to the area on June 1 after debris from Air France Flight 447 was spotted.

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The head of France's accident investigation agency, or BEA, Paul-Louis Arslanian speaks during a news conference at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. Arslanian said he was "not optimistic" that rescuers will recover Air France 447 plane's black boxes, believed to be on rugged terrain miles under the sea. The plane, carrying 228 people, lost contact with ground controllers after leaving Rio de Janeiro for Paris on Sunday night.

Bob Edme-AP

June 3

Crew members of a Brazilian Air Force Black Hawk H-60 helicopter prepare the craft at Fernando de Noronha airport, Brazil for a search mission to find victims or debris of Air France Flight 447. Spotter aircraft from the United States and France joined Brazilian air force planes to make visual sweeps for wreckage of the plane, officials said. An inquiry has begun into the cause of Monday's disaster, but the scattered and sunken remains of the jet will have to be recovered before the hundreds of grieving relatives across the world can expect any answers.

Evaristo Sa-AFP/Getty Images

June 3

A Brazilian air Force C-105 plane lands at a base on Fernando de Noronha Island after a search operation over the area where Air France Flight 447 went missing. Brazilian and French navy vessels rushed on Wednesday to reach wreckage of an Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic, but investigators warned the truth behind France's worst air disaster may never fully emerge.

Bruno Domingos-Reuters

June 2

Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim holds a map during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro showing the area where a search aircraft found a seat and other debris from the missing Air France Flight 447. Jobim stated that there is "no doubt" that debris found came from the missing Air France flight carrying 228 people.

Ari Versiani-AFP/Getty Images

June 2

Journalists hold a photo of Lucas Gagriano Juca, 24, a Brazilian passenger of the missing Air France jet in front of a hotel where Air France is assisting the families of crash victims in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's Air Force says it has found airplane seats and other debris floating in the Atlantic Ocean along the path that a missing Air France jet was flying.

Silvia Izquierdo-AP

Bruna Gagriano, relative of Lucas Gagriano Juca, 24, a Brazilian passenger of the missing Air France jet, talks with journalists in front of a hotel where Air France is assisting the families of crash victims, in Rio de Janeiro.

Ricardo Moraes-AP

June 2

This undated picture provided by the family via The Lafayette Daily Advertiser shows Michael and Anne Harris, the two Americans aboard the missing Air France plane. The couple was headed to Europe for work and vacation, a spokesman for Michael Harris employer said. Michael Harris, a geologist who turned 60 last month, worked in Rio de Janeiro for Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp.

June 2

A French military flight crew loads supplies into an Atlantic Model 2 aircraft, as they prepare to depart from France's military air base in Dakar, Senegal, toward the presumed site of the Air France flight that has gone missing over the Atlantic Ocean.

Rebecca Blackwell-AP

June 2

A crew member aboard the Breguet-Atlantic maritime surveillance plane uses binoculars to search for any possible wreckage from the Air France jet. Brazilian air force planes reported spotting debris, including floating metallic pieces, a seat and oil slicks, that authorities said could be from the Air France flight carrying 228 people

French Defense Ministry-Reuters

June 2

A spokesman for the Brazilian air force, Col. Jorge Amaral, said in a televised statement that the debris was found about 390 miles northeast of the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha pictured here.

Eraldo Peres-AP

June 2

French army air crewmen aboard an Atlantic aircraft monitor the presumed site of the crash of the missing Air France flight. The French government has vowed to keep searching for the missing jetliner as long as necessary, and ships and planes from a range of countries have converged on the vast expanse of ocean.

June 2

French colonel and commander Laurent Mathou addresses a news conference at the French air base in Dakar, Senegal, concerning the missing Air France jetliner.

Normand Blouin-REUTERS

June 1

Members of the Brazilian Pelican military squad prepare to depart from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, to take part in the search of an Air France jet that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean.

Walbe-AP

June 1

The photo provided by the meteomedia company on June 2 and generated from an infrared image taken by the EUMETSAT weather satellite, shows the weather situation over the Fernando de Noronha islands off the coastline of Brazil on Monday.

Relatives of passengers of the Air France Flight 447 react at the Tom Jobim Airport in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian air force aircraft on Tuesday spotted debris that authorities said could be from the Air France flight carrying 228 people that disappeared over the South Atlantic a day earlier.

Ricardo Moraes-AP

A Brazilian couple, relatives of a passenger on board Air France Flight 447, leave a hotel in Rio de Janeiro after being informed about the accident. The airplane suffered multiple technical failures before disappearing from radar screens just hours after taking off, said the airline's chief executive Pierre-Henry Gourgeon.

Antonio Scorza-AFP/Getty Images

June 1

Distraught relatives and friends of passengers arrive at the crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris. The chief executive of the airline said that military planes had narrowed down their search area to a zone of a few dozen nautical miles half-way between Brazil and west Africa.

Gonzalo Fuentes-Reuters

June 1

Isabelle Birem, director-general of Air France for Brazil, reads to journalists the nationalities of all passengers on board the missing flight during a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seventy-three French, 58 Brazilians, two Americans and 26 Germans were among the 228 people of over 30 different nationalities on the jet.

Mauricio Lima-AFP/Getty Images

An undated file photo of an Airbus A330-200 similar to the Air France plane which vanished from radar after leaving Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on route to Paris.

Reuters

June 1

A document released by the Brazilian Air Force shows the Rio-Paris flight plan. The plane was last in contact around 4:20 a.m. Paris time as it flew 190 miles northeast of the Brazilian city of Natal and 1,500 miles northeast of its departure point at Rio, authorities in Brazil said.

AFP/Getty Images

June 1

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and transport minister Jean-Louis Borloo speak at the crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris. Sarkozy said the prospects of finding survivors are "very slim."

Reuters

June 1

Claude and Aminda Jaffiol, a French couple who are scheduled to fly from Rio to Paris, show the tickets they unsuccessfully tried to change yesterday in order to board Air France Flight 447, at Rio de Janeiro's International airport.

Antonio Scorza-AFP/Getty Images

June 1

Relatives and friends of passengers leave a crisis center at the Tom Jobim International airport in Rio de Janeiro. "Air France regrets to announce that it is without news of Flight AF447...and it shares the emotion and worry of the families concerned," said an announcement from Air France relayed by the French news agency Agence France-Presse.

Sergio Moraes-Reuters

June 1

A Brazilian TV crew reports in front of Air France's counter at Rio de Janeiro's international airport.

Antonio Scorza-AFP/Getty Images

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