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Article: Search for Air France black boxes expected to continue.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 26, 2009
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Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
New York -- French investigators are expected to continue the search for Air France Flight 447's flight data recorders even after their 'pinger' signals fade in the next few days, perhaps with the aid of advanced sonar scans.
A Louisiana-based undersea mapping company, C & C Technologies, confirmed that it has been contacted by the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA), the French investigation agency, regarding a "phase two" of the search effort.
The BEA sought information about using the company's computerized submarines - known as autonomous underwater vehicles - to scan ...