News and Politics | June 22, 2009 | 2 comments

Eleven Air France victims identified

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Eleven of the 50 bodies recovered from the crash of Air France Flight 447 this month over the Atlantic Ocean have been identified, Brazilian authorities said.

They were five Brazilian men, five Brazilian women and a foreigner, according to a statement Sunday from the federal police and secretary of defense of Pernambuco. They did not release the foreigner's nationality.

The June 1 crash killed 228 people. At the request of family members, none of the names of the bodies recovered have been released.

On Friday Air France said it would pay families about €17,500 ($24,500) in initial compensation for each victim of the crash, the company's chief executive said.

So far, Air France has been in touch with about 1,800 relatives of the people who died when the Airbus A330 crashed, chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told France's RTL radio.
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  • Kepano
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      Kepano  
    • Amazing this is crazy that all the technology in the world can't find this plane or parts of it. It is amazing that America has not offered their SPY satellites for the assistance in recovery of more items.

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