Thursday, November 5, 2009
New delay in search for crashed Rio-Paris plane
PARIS (AP) -- Families of victims of Rio-Paris Flight 447 say a new search for wreckage has been delayed and accuse French investigators of dragging their feet.
The families met Thursday with France's transport minister, Dominique Bussereau, to ask about timing and financing for renewed search efforts for the Air France plane that crashed June 1 in the Atlantic. All those aboard were killed.
Robert Soulas, who lost his daughter and son-in-law in the accident and is part of an association of victims' families, says the search is now scheduled to resume in February. Investigators initially said it could resume by the end of 2009, then said it would be January.
Soulas says "things are dragging on. The longer we wait, the less likely it is we will find anything."
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