Faint signals from flight recorders of the Air France jet which crashed with the loss of 228 lives have been heard deep below the Atlantic. The signals were picked up by the French Navy and a mini submarine is now headed towards the emission site. Black boxes from the doomed Airbus will hold the vital clues as to how the plane met its end on June 1st as it travelled from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
French naval vessels picked up the ‘very weak’ signal using state-of-the-art search technology. It is not known whether the signal came from the flight's data recorder or the voice recorder. Locator beacons known as 'pingers' send an electronic signal every second for at least 30 days, and it can be heard up to 1.5 miles away.
French ships involved in the search operation include a nuclear submarine with advanced sonar equipment and a research ship equipped with the mini subs. All are methodically scanning the surface and depths of the Atlantic for signs of the plane, over a 50 mile search radius.
An Air France spokeswoman said she could not confirm the report. (Daily Mail)
