Flight 447: Dispute between Brazil, Senegal over which nation was in control of flight

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials denied that.

Brazil’s air force says it handed off Air France flight to Senegal controllers

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s air force has released a recording it says proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed.

Brazilian medical examiners identify 11 bodies of doomed Air France jet

SAO PAULO — Medical examiners have identified the first 11 of 50 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic three weeks ago, officials said Sunday.

Investigators about disappearance over Atlantic of Air France jet with 228 aboard

RIO DE JANEIRO — Was Air France Flight 447 downed by wind and hail from towering thunderheads? By lightning? Or by a catastrophic combination of factors?

Brazil’s Air Force says an Air France jetliner disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil’s Air Force says an Air France jet bound from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean and a search is under way near the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha.