21 more bodies have been identified

by Jonathan on July 2, 2009

The remains of 21 more people from Air France flight 447 have been identified, according to Brazilian officials.

17 of the newly identified bodies were foreign and 4 were Brazilians. No additional information on the nationalities of the foreign victims were provided.

Fingerprints, DNA and dental records are being used to identify the remains.

So far, the remains of 51 people have been recovered. Out of those 51, 35 have been identified.

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Salem July 29, 2009 at 2:58 am

pl advise latest updates and status on investigations into airfrance 447. it seems to have halted and no update is available for last 2 weeks.

Luiz July 30, 2009 at 1:06 pm

I have recently heard that up to 50 bodies have been identified so far, remaining just one unknown.

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