I wonder if these two names were on the passenger manifest that was held up for the bomb threat flight?. ..... lakotahope
Soon after news of the fatal crash broke, agents working for the DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), were dispatched to Brazil.
A source working for the French security services told Paris weekly L’Express that the link was "highly significant."
France has received numerous threats from Islamic terrorist groups in recent months, especially since French troops were sent to fight in Afghanistan....foxnews
11:46am UK, Wednesday June 10, 2009
Meanwhile, a French nuclear submarine has arrived to sweep the ocean, seeking the signals transmitted by the voice and data recorders from flight AF 447.
"The Emeraude will begin its patrol this morning, in a first search zone measuring 20 nautical miles by 20, that is to say 36 kilometres by 36, which it should cover in a day," said military spokesman Captain Christophe Prazuck.
Brazil's Air Force unloads the body of one of the victims recovered from the sea
"It will change zone each day and no time limit has been set."
The Emeraude is to be joined in the area by the Mistral, a naval command and control vessel equipped with helicopters.
French officials acknowledge the search will not be easy - the black boxes are thought to be in waters up to 3.7 miles deep.
If the Emeraude does locate the signal, the French scientific research vessel Pourquoi Pas will launch a mini-submarine to retrieve the recorders.
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