In times past when there have been air accidents here in the US the investigators try to rebuild the plane – will that be done on this one in trying to determine the cause of the crash?

Sad!

Thank you for these photos. News and visuals on the recovery efforts have been sketchy at best across the internet. I'm heart-broken to see that we lost so many people in just a few hours over the ocean. My sister has worked in the airlines for over 28 years and for Air France during her early career. The possibility of a crash is something our family is always aware of whenever we board a plane. This crash along with this economy doesn't help the already struggling airlines.

Thank you SO much for these photos. It's heartbreaking to know that so many people lost their lives and I can't even imagine what their loved ones are going through. I used to be terrified of flying and now I love it and enjoy it very much. Let's hope this doesn't stop me from traveling again....I doubt it will but it still is a scary thought!

Teams searches already rescued 24 bodies and dozens of pieces of the Airbus. Now it are collecting DNA from relatives for the recognition. This should be suffered so! They have seen more bodies. I think that now must find more.

In interviews some relatives of Flight 447 think better find some answers on their loved. Others think it was better to live with hope and leave everything down the ocean.

These pictures help us to see the reality of this horrific tragedy. They underscore everything we've heard in the news. I hope the search party will be able to locate the black boxes, so that we can learn from this terrible accident.. The world mourns with the families and friends of those lost in flight.

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and the Navy, with the help of France are doing a great job. Difficult and hard job – something that will never be forgotten by these professionals.

Unfortunately in aviation, its costs life in order to make improvements on things that the aviation experts did not think of in the past. For example, its only a matter of time where all the black boxes will be equipped with a GPS outgoing signal because a pin sometimes just doesnt cut it under 20,000 feet of water.

Hope they find the black boxes and learn. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families involved.

Kevin

I'm curious to know more about the recovered tail section or rudder. Could the presence or absence od damage to the leading edge possibly determine whether the rudder became separated while still in flight or broke off from the water impact. Obviously, if it separated while still in the air, it could very well be the cause of an uncontrollable descent. Also, the radio transmitters in the aircraft functioned well enough during the reported 5 minutes before the complete cessation of any communication by an automated error-reporting system. Why were there absolutely no voice communication from the pilot/crew during this short period. It implies that the crew was unable to send any transmissions of voice communications even though the automated error-reporting system functioned. Could that imply a mid-air breakup wherein the crew was incapable.
These are simply thoughts from an unqualified person, obviously, but the most outstanding item to me is still determining the condition of the leading edge of the rudder. Of course, I'm implying that if it separated from the aircraft inflight, then it would not necessarily have struck the water with the leading edge being impacted first. That's it!

These photos really make this horrific story absolutely real. It's difficult to remain detached when one sees actual pieces of the plane that were photographed. A real plane, real people lost. Our prayers and thoughts go out to all those who mourn for the passengers of flight 447.

I watch CNN nearly every day in Japan, I travel a lot by plane.
I'm working for safety of electric/medical devices and approval, the tragic thing is, so many people who felt safe lost their lifes, now it's comming up that new technology for pitots and GPS are just out there.
SAFETY costs money, how about the dad people?
The Airbus is a nice plane and inside better as the competitor.

Economical crisis vs. SAFETY, much more to do, much more jobs.

Why it now needs so long to bring submarines etc. in this area, we should know the depth of the ocean anywhere and we have SKYTEAM, STARALIANCES and all those countries have submarines in their asset?
American, Russian, etc. Submarines should have been send their the day/night the airplane went from the screnes/sky/radar. Much more had been done with existing tech!!

I hope they find ALL persons on board and the Black Boxes, my thoughts and prayers go to ALL the families.

Jens

Seeing the photos we come to know that how a few minutes in a bad weather could turn out deadly. It's a tragic thing. My heart mourns to all the victims and their families. The Brazilian and french authorities are doing a great job. And the media is covering it very well. Let us all pray for all those victims.

When will the industry address the black box technology that is about 20 year out of date?

I pray.

God Bless all those working in recovery,all the families who lost loved ones,Stay strong! And remember Flying is still safer than any other way!!

It is so sad that a journey meant for a specified destination ended in an unknown destination. I have been aboard airplane many times even on Air France couple of times, i feel touched imagine this could happen to anybody.My condolences to families, friends and loved ones of the victims of these tragic event.I pray to God to grant them the fortitude to bear this loss.

It is so sad to see that 228 people perish in such a sudden way. Families and loved ones are left with the lone tradgedy of what happened that day. I travel extensively for my business. I give thought to my trip. Especially when things like this occur. You just never know if and when something like this can happen. As a frequent traveler I know what it is like to be in a plane. It is confining and we all take things for granted that we will be okay. I can only imagine what the 228 people felt when the plane became distressed. It is something that you can not do anything about and yet feel helpless that you can not save yourself. God bless them all!!

am very concern about this tragedy because i fly at least once a year over the same ocean where the incident accured and i know how it feels when am spending little over 7 hours in the plane over the the atlantic. i hope that the othorities will find the black box and resolve what causes this tragedy and help preventing from happening again.

I travel in planes all the time. I can only imagine what they felt in those horrific moments. Bless all that perished and their families.

Its sad. A big tragedy in Air Aviation! My prayers and condolences to the families who lost loved ones.

I can only say, God bless everyone inboard Air France Flight 447 on that day, minute and seconds when everything had to stop. Rest them in peace Lord.

This is a very tragic incident for Air France and the victims. My heart and prayers goes out to all the victims and their families.

My thoughts and prayers goes out to all the family and friends of the victims involved in this devastating accident.I hope all the bodies are found so they could be put to rest in peace and also for the friends and families find some closure.I just also want to say to everyone who 's participating in this search what a remarkable job and keep up the great work may god bless and keep you all.