Underwater Photos: Air France 447 Flight Data Recorder Found

Air France 447 Flight Data Recorder
Johann Peschel / BEA / Reuters

Voice Recorder
An image released by France's BEA air accident inquiry office shows the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) lying on the bottom of the ocean. The recorder should hold recordings of cockpit conversations during the final moments of Air France flight 447, which crash during its 2009 flight, killing all 228 people aboard. Photo released May 3, 2011.

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