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Another 21 Bodies from Air France Flight 447 Identified
    2009-07-02 13:06:38     Xinhua

Brazil's Federal Police informed on Wednesday that the bodies of other 21 occupants of Air France's Flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic a month ago, were identified.

With that, the total number of identified bodies increased to 35. The plane's pilot and at least one other member of the crew are among those.

The names of the victims will not be disclosed, by request of their families, but it is known that the remains belong to four Brazilians and 17 foreign citizens. The Brazilians are two males and two females; the foreigners are six males and 11 females.

According to the Federal Police, out of the 21 bodies, five were identified through dental records, eight through DNA tests, two through fingerprints and dental records, and six through dental records and DNA tests.

The search for the bodies of the plane's occupants has already ended. In 26 days, the search teams managed to find a total of 51 bodies. The Brazilian authorities stated that the identification works will continue until all 51 bodies are identified and released to the families.

Air France's Flight 447, an Airbus A330 model, crashed over the Atlantic Ocean, off Brazil's northeastern coast, on the night of May 31. The plane had left Rio and was heading to Paris, carrying 228 people, including eight children.

It is not known what caused the accident, and the search teams have not managed to find the plane's black boxes, which might shed some light to the circumstances of the crash.

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