31 May,2011 03:10 PM IST | | PTI
Seventy-five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago, more than doubling the number of remains that have been found, according to a media report.
The remains have not yet been identified, vice-president of the French victims' association, Robert Soulas said. Soulas said he got the news from a French government liaison appointed to deal with families of victims, CNN reported.
"Personally, I would have preferred to leave the bodies of our loved ones on the seafloor," he added.
Air France 447 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 people aboard.
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The bulk of the wreckage was found this year after a search by robot submarines of an underwater mountain range. Many bodies were still in the fuselage, investigators said at the time.
Only about 50 bodies were recovered in the days following the crash.
Air crash investigators have been working on the theory that the speed sensors, known as pitot tubes or probes, malfunctioned because of ice at high altitude.
