Military ships 'detect signal' from Air France Airbus black boxes
source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6559861.ece
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French military ships have reportedly detected signals from the black boxes of the doomed Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic last month.
The French newspaper Le Monde reported this morning that a research mini-submarine, the Nautile, had dived to search for the flight recorders based on a "very weak signal". The report gave no source or other details.
Authorities have been searching urgently for the black boxes, which will continue to emit signals only until the end of the month and which could contain vital clues as to what happened on board the Airbus A330, which crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people on board.
The cause of the disaster, the worst in the history of Air France, is still not known. Investigators suspect that a mix of bad weather and computer malfunctions, such as faulty speed readings and electronic failures, may have contributed to the crash.
The French newspaper Le Monde reported this morning that a research mini-submarine, the Nautile, had dived to search for the flight recorders based on a "very weak signal". The report gave no source or other details.
Authorities have been searching urgently for the black boxes, which will continue to emit signals only until the end of the month and which could contain vital clues as to what happened on board the Airbus A330, which crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people on board.
The cause of the disaster, the worst in the history of Air France, is still not known. Investigators suspect that a mix of bad weather and computer malfunctions, such as faulty speed readings and electronic failures, may have contributed to the crash.
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