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Air France Pilot's Body Found

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(Newser) – The body of the pilot of the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1 has been recovered, Reuters reports. A pilots union identified him as Marc Dubois, a 58-year-old Frenchman who had 21 years of experience at the airline. A male steward also was identified. More than 50 of the 228 bodies have been found so far, and all are undergoing autopsies in Brazil. Searchers have yet to find the black box.

In this photo released by Brazil's Navy, pieces of debris of the Air France Flight 447 are seen on the Brazil's navy ship Caboclo, at the port of Recife, Brazil, Friday, June 19, 2009.
In this photo released by Brazil's Navy, pieces of debris of the Air France Flight 447 are seen on the Brazil's navy ship Caboclo, at the port of Recife, Brazil, Friday, June 19, 2009.   (AP Photo/Brazil's Navy/HO)
In this photo released by Brazil's Navy, a Brazilian Navy diver recovers a piece of debris of the Air France Flight 447 from the Atlantic ocean, Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
In this photo released by Brazil's Navy, a Brazilian Navy diver recovers a piece of debris of the Air France Flight 447 from the Atlantic ocean, Wednesday, June 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Brazil's Navy)
French investigators check pieces of debris from Air France flight AF447 at the port of Recife, Brazil, Friday, June 19, 2009.
French investigators check pieces of debris from Air France flight AF447 at the port of Recife, Brazil, Friday, June 19, 2009.   (AP Photo/Otavio de Souza)
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Chudluv
Jun 25, 09 2:38 PM CDT
They are not going to find the "black" box.... Reply
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Newser001
Jun 25, 09 4:46 PM CDT
Nor will they be able to come to a definitive conclusion as to what brought the aircraft down. I've read all ACARS and it only indicates what systems and computers malfunctioned w/ a time stamp. Without the boxes, we'll never really know.
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Newser001
Jun 25, 09 6:53 PM CDT
UPDATE - AF447 (A330-200) was the 36th known flight in which faulty speed readings on both A330 and A340 Airbus series operated by numerous airlines globally, including the US carriers. As early as summer 2008, the nature of the problem was known to the point a technical notice was issued - with a known solution, in black and white. By August 2008, Air France already had 6 known incidents. Air Caribbean changed its probes in September 2008, a month after the first warning, others not so quickly. Bottom line... This disaster may have been avoided; Air France failed to respond in a timely manner. The aircraft cannot be controlled without reliable avionics / pitot data. Based on an internal Air France memo, upon receiving ACARS data, Air France dispatched maintenance crews to replace pitot tubes upon AF447's arrival at Paris (CDG - Charles de Gaulle), which never arrived.
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