Captain Guiucemar Tabosa, a navy spokesman, said three bodies were found Sunday morning and were being transferred to the frigate Consititucao.
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Brazilian Navy officer Gilcemar Tabosa (L) and Brazilian Air Force Officer Henry Nunhoz attend a press conference in Recife, Brazil, on June 7, 2009. Brazil's air force said Sunday it has recovered three more bodies in the Atlantic Ocean near the site where an Air France jetliner was believed to have crashed a week ago |
Two bodies were recovered in the ocean on Saturday.
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Brazilian Air Force Officer Henry Nunhoz addresses a press conference in Recife, Brazil, on June 7, 2009. Brazil's air force said Sunday it has recovered three more bodies in the Atlantic Ocean near the site where an Air France jetliner was believed to have crashed a week ago. |
There was "no doubt" the recovered debris and bodies were from the Air France plane, he said.
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A handout picture from the Brazilian Air Force shows pieces of debris from the crashed Air France Airbus A330 picked out by Brazilian Navy sailors from the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife. |