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On april 3, after one week of search, the wreckage was located in a high probability area of the map. Apr 04, 2011 bodies of victims of air france flight 447 finally found in the wreckage at bottom of the atlantic after twoyear mystery. Apr 04, 2011 air france flight 447 wreckage but no black box found in atlantic air france flight 447 plunged into the ocean en route from rio to paris, killing all 228 passengers and crew. In the early morning hours of june 1, 2009, air france flight af 447, with 228 passengers and crew aboard, disappeared during stormy weather over the south atlantic during a flight from rio. Details have been gradually emerging about the disappearance of an air france flight from brazil to france in the early hours of monday 1 june. Investigators have found bodies among the wreckage of an air france plane discovered around 4,000 metres 2. Af447 rioparis plane flight data recorder are displayed during a press. Apr 04, 2011 air france 447 wreckage found in atlantic updated monday, 4 apr 2011 11. As air france crash showed, recovery can be long, daunting. The brazilian air force has located bodies and wreckage of air france flight 447 in the atlantic ocean.