Air France crash

Debris from Flight 447 is unloaded from the Brazilian navy frigate Constitution in the port of Recife, in northeastern Brazil.  (Eraldo Peres / Associated Press)

Debris from Air France‘s Airbus A-330 is displayed for the media. The airplane vanished in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board while it traveled from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.  (Marcelo Sayao / EPA)

Oxygen masks and jump seats from the missing Air France Flight 447.  (Roberto Candia / Associated Press)

A piece of wreckage from Air France‘s Airbus A-330. According to aviation experts, the crew would within minutes be confronted with a cascade of mysterious system failures.  (Marcelo Sayao / EPA)

Brazilian military workers unload the body of a victim of the Air France Flight 447 crash at the archipelago Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.  (Renato Spencer / EPA)

A Brazilian air force helicopter carrying bodies of crash victims arrives at a base in the Fernando de Noronha islands. Remains and debris from Flight 447 are being ferried on to the mainland coastal city of Recife, where the investigation is being based.  (Evaristo SA / AFP / Getty Images)

Brazilian federal forensic officers, at the Fernando de Noronha Island airport off the northeastern coast of Brazil, prepare a container for the arrival of bodies found during search operations.  (Eraldo Peres / Associated Press)

A Brazilian air force remote-sensing aircraft prepares to take off from the airport on the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, off the Brazilian coast, to join in the search for Air France Flight 447. The airliner carrying 228 people disappeared Sunday over the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.  (Evaristo SA / AFP/Getty Images)

The crew members of a Hercules C-130 aircraft search for victims or wreckage of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic. Authorities have begun an inquiry on the cause of the crash. The best clues probably lie on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean amid rugged volcanic ridges and steep trenches.  (Brazilian air force / Getty Images)

A photograph released by the Brazilian air force shows a fuel slick in the Atlantic Ocean where Air France Flight 447 may have crashed. French officials reiterated that there was virtually no chance that any of the 228 people aboard survived.  (Brazilian air force / AFP/Getty Images)

Crew members aboard a Hercules C-130 aircraft scour the waters below for signs of Flight 447. Most of the wreckage is probably now resting 9,000 feet to 14,000 feet below the surface, where it is pitch black, the water temperature is 40 degrees and the pressure as high as 7,000 pounds per square inch, scientists said.  (Brazilian air force / AFP/Getty Images)

A crowd stands outside Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral, where an ecumenical church service was held for families of the passengers of Air France Flight 447.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrive at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

Former French President Jacques Chirac arrives at the Notre Dame Cathedral.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

During the service at Notre Dame Cathedral, according to the Associated Press, Msgr. Andre Vingt-Trois read a message of condolence from Pope Benedict XVI, then cited a passage from “The Little Prince” evoking the ephemeral character of life as the little hero learns that his flower must die. The popular book was written by French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery, whose own airplane disappeared over the Mediterranean on a reconnaissance flight in 1944.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

Relatives of Flight 447 passengers stand outside Notre Dame Cathedral, along with Air France employees, during an ecumenical service. An Air France choir sang at the service.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

The disappearance of the Air France jet that left Rio de Janeiro for Paris makes front-page news in Brazil. Military pilots have spotted an airplane seat, a life jacket, metallic debris and signs of fuel in the Atlantic.  (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP/Getty Images)

Lucas Gagriani Juca, 24, of Brazil is among those on the missing flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.  (Silvia Izquierdo / Associated Press)

A composite satellite image shows weather conditions over the Atlantic Ocean about the time the Air France jetliner hit a fierce storm off the Brazilian coast before dropping off the radar.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Brazilian military prepare to depart Monday from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, to take part in the search for the Air France jet that disappeared Sunday over the Atlantic Ocean.  (Correio do Estad / Associated Press)

Reporters gather at Air France’s counter at the Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian military pilots have spotted two areas of floating debris in the Atlantic.  (Ricardo Moraes / Associated Press)

Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar, bottom center, speaks with the media after meeting with relatives of passengers of Air France Flight 447 at the airport in Rio de Janeiro.  (Ricardo Moraes / Associated Press)

The Air France jet disappearance dominates the news in Brazil.  (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP/Getty Images)

People leave Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport through a special door for friends and relatives awaiting news of Air France Flight 447. Air France confirmed that an Airbus A330-200 was missing with 228 people on board between Rio de Janeiro and Paris after it sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through an area of strong turbulence.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)

A group of people arrive at Tom Jobim Airport in Rio de Janeiro to get information about the missing jetliner.  (Antonio Lacerda / EPA)

A relative of a passenger on board Air France Flight 447 is taken to a waiting area at Rio de Janeiro’s international airport to be cared for and wait for information. The flight was to have arrived in Paris on Monday morning.  (Antonio Scorza / AFP/Getty Images)

Dominique Bussereau, the French Secretary of State for Transport, adresses the media at Charles De Gaulle International Airport. Air traffic control lost contact with the flight at 6 a.m., shortly after it took off from Rio de Janeiro.  (Lucas Dolega / EPA)

People await at the arrivals doors at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport after the Airbus 330-200 was reported missing. Brazil has begun a search mission off its northeastern coast.  (Bob Edme / Associated Press)