From the Associated Press:
A French prosecutor says searchers have located the flight recorders of an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France’s southern coast.
Assistant prosecutor Dominique Alzeari in Perpignan says divers are gradually locating the wreckage but won’t be able to retrieve the black boxes until the weekend. The search was continuing despite choppy seas.
From the Associated Press:
A minesweeper is searching choppy seas for the black box flight recorders of an Airbus A320 passenger plane that crashed into the Mediterranean off France’s southern coast.
Authorities in the city of Perpignan say the ship equipped to sweep for mines and other metal objects was among 15 boats, 14 divers, a helicopter and a navy aircraft at the crash site Friday about 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) off the coast.
The airplane went down during a maintenance flight Thursday, with seven people aboard. Two bodies have been recovered.
The plane’s owner Air New Zealand says rescuers have little hope of finding survivors.
The plane was leased to charter airline XL Airways Germany and was due to return to service for Air New Zealand next month.
