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(AP) – 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.

Bouillard said at a news conference outside Paris today that the search for the plane's black boxes has been extended by 10 days and will continue through July 10.

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 file photo released by Brazil's Air Force, Brazil's Navy sailors recover debris from the missing Air France jet at the Atlantic Ocean, Monday, June 8, 2009.
In this file photo released by Brazil's Air Force, Brazil's Navy sailors recover debris from the missing Air France jet at the Atlantic Ocean, Monday, June 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Brazil's Air Force, File)
Navy officers hold wreaths that will throw into the sea in memory of the victims of the Air France Flight 447, at the frigate Bosisio, 19 miles off the coast of Brazil, June 29, 2009.
Navy officers hold wreaths that will throw into the sea in memory of the victims of the Air France Flight 447, at the frigate Bosisio, 19 miles off the coast of Brazil, June 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Otavio de Souza)
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