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Sehemu ya ndani ya Airbus 330-200

MABAKI ya ndege yameokotwa baharini katika eneo linalohisiwa kuwa ndege ya Shirika la Ndege la Ufaransa ilianguka wakati ikitoka Brazil kwenda Ufaransa Jumapili usiku.

Ndege hiyo ilipotea kwenye vyombo vya kuongozea ndege saa nne baada ya kuondoka Brazil na haitathibitika kama mabaki yaliyookotwa ni ya ndege hiyo.

Soma kwa kirefu hapo chini.

BRAZILIAN air force aircraft searching the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday for a missing Air France flight that had been carrying 228 people have found debris from a plane, an air force spokesman
said.

The 'small remains' were located 650 kilometres northeast of Brazil's Fernando do Noronha island.

The plane went missing on Monday on route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people on board.

Reports from Brazil say that planes continue to search the Atlantic Ocean, with French and Brazilian military aircraft and ships involved in the search.

It could not immediately be confirmed that the debris were from Air France flight AF 447, spokesman Jorge Amaral told reporters.

Among the pieces of wreckage located was an aircraft seat, he said.

'The search is continuing because it's very little material in relation to the size' of the Air France Airbus A330, he said.

Mr Amaral added that officials needed 'a piece that might have a serial number, some sort of identification' to be sure that it came from the missing airliner.

The Fernando do Noronha archipelago lies 370 kilometres off Brazil's north-east coast.

Brazilian media outlets had earlier reported that debris from the missing Air France passenger jet had been sighted floating on the Atlantic Ocean by the crew of a French freighter.

The Douce France is reported to be in the same area off the coast of Senegal where a Brazil TAM airline pilot was also reported to have seen a burning piece of wreckage, reported news.com.au.