Fresh search for Air France jet

A NEW search for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus that crashed in the Atlantic nine months ago has been announced.

Flight 447 disappeared en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with the loss of 228 passengers and crew. A huge search operation immediately afterwards found some remains, but none of the black box flight recorders that could provide vital information over the cause of the crash.

The new 10 million search, involving US and Norwegian ships and international accident experts, to be financed by Airbus and Air France, will cover 770 square miles of sea.