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The first official investigation into the Brazil to France plane crash on 1st June has said that the jet did not fall apart in the air, blowing rumours of an explosion onboard.

“The plane appears to have hit the surface of the water in the flying position with a strong vertical acceleration,” said Alain Bouillard of BEA (France’s air investigation bureau).

First reports of the disaster had hinted that there may have been a problem with the pitot tubes or speed sensors on the Airbus, which would have caused a stalling or rapid speed of the aircraft in turn making it break up mid-air. The speed sensor issue caused concern for airlines around the world that rapidly changed all existing speed sensors on Airbus jets.

Brazil pulled out of the recovery operation on 27th June, but French recovery will still carry on until 10th July in search of the missing black box which has a homing beacon that usually only last 30 days. The flight data recorder could have crucial evidence to the air accident.

There are 640 pieces of wreckage that investigators have to go on for now, to try and figure out the cause of the crash. Autopsies are still being carried out on the 51 bodies recovered from the scene.

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