Dental records identify Michigan man as pilot of plane that caused fighters to be scrambledOctober 2nd, 2009 Michigan man identified as pilot of crashed planeREDKEY, Ind. — A Michigan man has been identified as the pilot of a plane whose erratic flight path raised concerns of a terrorist attack and caused military fighters to be scrambled.
Charred bodies of YSR, others identified by clothesSeptember 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The bodies of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others were identified by their clothes Thursday as they were charred beyond recognition in a helicopter crash, police said.
Russian fighter jets collide, pilot killed (Second Lead)August 16th, 2009 MOSCOW - Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets collided Sunday during a training exercise in southeastern Moscow killing one pilot, the defence ministry said. The exercise was conducted ahead of the MAKS-2009 air show due to open Tuesday.
Brazilian authorities use DNA to identify last body found in Air France crash that killed 228August 14th, 2009 Brazil identifies last body in Air France crashSAO PAULO — Brazilian authorities say they have used DNA to identify the last body found from the Air France jet crash in the mid-Atlantic that killed 228 people. Officials say the 50th body recovered was that of a non-Brazilian man, but they have not revealed his nationality or his identity.
NYPD: Bodies of plane pilot, adult passenger remain missingAugust 10th, 2009 NYPD: Bodies of plane pilot, adult passenger remain missingHOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers resume their search Monday for the bodies of the pilot of the small plane and an adult passenger who were killed along with seven others in a midair collision over the Hudson River.
Brazil officials identify 21 more victims of Air France crashJuly 1st, 2009 21 more victims of Air France crash identifiedRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month. Authorities say 17 newly identified victims were foreign and four were Brazilian.
Air France says the bodies of the pilot and a crew member of Flight 447 retrieved in AtlanticJune 25th, 2009 Air France: Flight 447 pilot's body retrievedPARIS — Search crews in the mid-Atlantic have retrieved the bodies of the chief pilot of Flight 447 and a flight attendant, Air France said Thursday. The two are among 50 bodies pulled out of the ocean in the international search for remains of the 228 victims and wreckage of the May 31 crash.
11 victims of Air France crash identifiedJune 22nd, 2009 SAO PAOLO - Brazilian authorities have identified 11 victims, three weeks after an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed on its way to France, a news report said. The forensics department in the port town Recife identified 10 Brazilians, among them five women, and one foreigner, whose bodies were among the 50 recovered after the Airbus A330 crashed June 1 off Brazil's coast.
French Navy finds another victim of Air France crashJune 7th, 2009 PARIS - The French Navy has found another body from the Air France airliner that plunged into the Atlantic with 228 people aboard, a spokesman said here Sunday. The body was spotted by a helicopter and recovered from waters about 1,200 km northeast of the Brazilian coastline by the frigate Ventose.
Air France plane may have been bombed, says pilotJune 4th, 2009 PARIS - An Air France pilot has declared it "highly likely" that flight AF447 may have been blown up by a terrorist bomb. The long-haul captain, speaking on condition of anonymity, dismissed the theory the doomed jet suffered catastrophic electrical failure.
Spanish pilot saw white flash when French plane went missingJune 4th, 2009 MADRID - A pilot of the Spanish airline Air Comet covering the route between Lima and Madrid saw a white flash in the area where the Air France plane went missing, the daily El Mundo reported Thursday. El Mundo quoted a report by the pilot to his airline.
Investigator: No information on whether chief pilot at controls when Air France flight fellJune 3rd, 2009 French uncertain whether chief pilot at controlsPARIS — A French accident investigator says it is unclear whether the chief pilot of Air France Flight 447 was at the controls when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The head of France's accident investigation agency, Paul-Louis Arslanian, also says he is "not optimistic" that rescuers will recover the plane's black boxes miles (kilometers) under the water.
Captain of Air France jet that crashed off Brazil grew up to be a pilot like his dadJune 3rd, 2009 Captain of Air France Flight 447 was son of pilotPARIS — Marc Dubois grew up to be a pilot, just like his dad. The younger Dubois was last heard from Sunday night, when the Air France Flight 447 he was captaining encountered fierce thunderstorms over the mid-Atlantic and plunged into the ocean with 228 people on board.
Brazilian pilot says he thinks he' seen missing Air France jet in Atlantic OceanJune 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The pilot of a Brazilian plane has said that he thinks he has seen the damaged parts of the Air France aircraft that reportedly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. This morning, pilots from Brazilian commercial airline TAM said they had seen what they thought was fire on the ocean in the area the plane went missing early on Monday morning.
Birth marks, scars helped to identify Prabhakaran's bodyMay 27th, 2009 COLOMBO - Slain LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's body was identified by his two former aides with the help of certain scars and birth marks. The Tiger supremo's body was identified by federal minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, one time close confidante of Prabhakaran, and Daya Master, the former LTTE media spokesman.
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