• Air France jetliner did not break up in mid-air
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  • The Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic between Brazil and West Africa with 228 people on board hit the ocean intact and did not break up in mid-air, the French bureau leading the investigation said Thursday.

    A month-long probe into the June 1 disaster also found that defective air speed monitors on the Airbus A330 were "a factor but not the cause" of the crash, the worst in Air France's history.

    • 640 pieces of debris examined
    • Time running out for black boxes