Crash plane debris ‘only sea trash’, Brazil admits

September 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The US has rejected allegations that it was in any way involved in the plane crash that killed former president Zia-ul-Haq and several top Pakistani officials. US embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire denied former Intelligence Bureau chief Brigadier (retired) Imtiaz Ahmed's claims that the US was behind the crash, adding that, "[other] allegations that the US tried to influence or stall the investigations are baseless and untrue.

August 24th, 2009 SAO PAULO - A single-engine plane crashed in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing two people, authorities said. The plane, which began its trip in Vutoporanga, went out of control and crashed Saturday near the city of Comendador Gomes, the fire department said.

June 27th, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian air force and navy have ended their search for survivors of Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago, officials announced Saturday. "The mission has been stopped, because it has become impossible to find bodies or debris in the search area," said Lt.

June 8th, 2009 15 more bodies found in Atlantic Air France crashRECIFE, Brazil — Search ships methodically worked through debris from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago. Two bodies were recovered Saturday, and Brazilian and French ships picked up the others on Sunday after pilots participating in a grid search reported additional sightings.

June 7th, 2009 Obama pledges support on Air France probeCAEN, France — President Barack Obama says the United States has authorized all of the government's resources to investigate an Air France plane that disappeared off the coast of South America. Obama told French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Saturday that Americans offer their thoughts and their prayers to the French, particularly those who lost family members in the suspected crash.

June 7th, 2009 SAN PAULO - The bodies of two men from the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil have been found by search teams. "We confirm the recovery from the water of debris and bodies from the Air France plane," Sky News quoted Brazilian air force spokesman Colonel Jorge Amaral, as saying.

June 6th, 2009 Probe: Flight 447 autopilot not on before crashPARIS — Signals sent by Air France Flight 447 before it disappeared show its autopilot was not on, the head of the French agency leading the investigation into the crash of 447 said Saturday. Agency head Paul-Louis Arslanian said it was not clear if the autopilot had been switched off by the pilots or had stopped working because it received conflicting airspeed readings.

June 5th, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - None of the debris recovered during a search for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus 330 that went missing off Brazil's northeast coast belonged to the aircraft, Brazil's Air Force chief said. "We confirm that the objects are not from the wreckage of the plane...

June 3rd, 2009 PARIS - An investigation into the cause of the Air France disaster was formally opened in France Wednesday as the country began a period of national mourning with a service for the dead in the Notre Dame Cathedral. President Nicolas Sarkozy and other government members will attend the memorial service in Paris later Wednesday at the cathedral.

June 3rd, 2009 French confirm sighting of Air France plane debrisFERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil — French officials say debris found in the Atlantic is that of missing Air France Flight 447. French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck says French military planes surveyed the remains initially spotted by Brazilian planes, and determined that the debris "corresponds to this plane." Prazuck says it is time to move to a "naval operation" to collect the remains and then "a submarine one" to try to find the plane's black boxes.

June 3rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the remains of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in the Atlantic Ocean. A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane found a "set of fragments" spread over a five-kilometre radius some 640 km off the island Fernando de Noronha, Jobim said.

June 3rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the debris of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in the Atlantic Ocean. A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane found a "set of fragments" spread over a five-kilometre radius some 640 km off the island Fernando de Noronha, Jobim said.

June 2nd, 2009 US military joining search for French planeWASHINGTON — The U.S. military is joining the search for survivors and debris from the Air France flight that disappeared after taking off from Brazil.

June 2nd, 2009 Debris possibly from Air France plane foundBRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's Air Force says it has found airplane seats and other debris floating in the Atlantic Ocean along the path that a missing Air France jet was flying. Air Force spokesman Jorge Amaral says the seats were spotted by search planes early Tuesday morning but that authorities cannot immediately confirm they were from the plane.

May 23rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Eleven people have been killed when the aircraft in which they were travelling crashed in northeast Brazil, media reports said Saturday. The accident occurred Friday night near a private airstrip in the seaside resort town of Trancoso.