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| French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air. | French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air. |
| They said they reached that conclusion after examining the plane's wreckage. | They said they reached that conclusion after examining the plane's wreckage. |
| All 228 people aboard the plane were killed when it plunged into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1 June. | All 228 people aboard the plane were killed when it plunged into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1 June. |
| Teams looking for the plane's flight data recorders will continue operations for another 10 days. | Teams looking for the plane's flight data recorders will continue operations for another 10 days. |
| Alain Bouillard, of the BEA accident investigation agency, said the plane probably hit the water "in the direction of flight and with a strong vertical acceleration". | Alain Bouillard, of the BEA accident investigation agency, said the plane probably hit the water "in the direction of flight and with a strong vertical acceleration". |
| He said that the plane's speed sensors had been "a factor but not the cause" of the crash. | He said that the plane's speed sensors had been "a factor but not the cause" of the crash. |
| "We are still some distance away from establishing the causes of the accident," he said. | "We are still some distance away from establishing the causes of the accident," he said. |
| There has been speculation that the old-style speed sensors may have given the plane's pilots faulty information. | There has been speculation that the old-style speed sensors may have given the plane's pilots faulty information. |
| In the wake of the crash, Air France accelerated an existing programme to replace speed monitors on its Airbus planes. | In the wake of the crash, Air France accelerated an existing programme to replace speed monitors on its Airbus planes. |
| Mr Bouillard also said the search for the Airbus A330's data recorders would be extended to 10 July. | |
| Search teams have recovered 51 bodies from the ocean but said last month that finding any more remains was "impossible". | Search teams have recovered 51 bodies from the ocean but said last month that finding any more remains was "impossible". |