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Search crews recover 2 bodies from Atlantic

RECIFE (Brazil): A Brazilian military official said on Saturday searchers have found two male bodies in the Atlantic Ocean near the area where an Air France jet is believed to have crashed.

Air force spokesman Jorge Amaral said searchers also recovered a leather briefcase with an Air France ticket for the flight inside of it.

``It was confirmed with Air France that the ticket number corresponds to a passenger on the flight,'' he said.

Flight 447 disappeared on Sunday with 228 people on board and officials believe there were no survivors.

The two male bodies were recovered from about 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of where Air Flight 447 emitted its last signals, roughly 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of the Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's northern coast.

``At 9:10 a.m., a ship spotted the first body,'' Mr. Amaral said. ``The body was recovered and it was confirmed to be male.'' The second body was spotted and recovered around 11:30 a.m. - AP

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