Latest Clues in the Flight 447 Crash

Tragedy
Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on May 31, 2009, with 228 aboard. For almost seven days, Brazilian and French search crews were unable to find any physical traces of the plane. But over the following weekend, they located more than a dozen bodies and a few pieces of the plane's body, including this piece, found 745 miles northeast of Recife, Brazil.

• A Past Flight May Offer Clues to Air France 447