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Published 07/02/2009 by VOA News

Air France Plane Did Not Break Up in Air, Investigators Say

Initial results of an investigation into last month's Air France crash over the Atlantic find the aircraft plunged into the ocean at high speed. French investigators also say they are far from establishing the cause of the crash and the investigation will continue..

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