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Brazil: Air France families arrive for ceremony

November 08, 2009, 12:48 AM Post Comments
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Relatives of victims from the June 1 Air France jet crash are arriving in Brazil for the dedication of a memorial.

About 60 family members somberly streamed through Rio de Janeiro's airport Friday morning after a flight from Paris.

They were led by Air France personnel onto two waiting buses.

France's Foreign Ministry says 500 people will take part in the memorial dedication in Rio Saturday.

Air France Flight 447 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil's coast en route from Rio to Paris. All 228 people aboard were killed.

The black boxes from the crash have yet to be found and no definite cause is known.

Families are criticizing French investigators for delaying a third search for the black boxes.

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