Underwater Photos: Air France 447 Flight Data Recorder Found

Air France Flight 447
Brazilian Air Force / Reuters

Tragedy
In the days right after the accident, search teams struggled to find pieces from the plane, locating only parts of it in the area where the flight had gone down. This part of the aircraft body was recovered 745 miles northeast of Recife, Brazil, on June 7, 2009, a week after the crash.

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