The Air France Flight 477 tragedy is slowly unfolding.  The worst fears seem to be coming true, the plane was destroyed and all passengers were lost.  Two bodies have been found floating in the ocean, along with a single briefcase.  There is still little information as to why the plane did crash, but speculation is continuing.

Airbus had recommended to all its airline customers that they replace speed-measuring instruments known as Pitot tubes on the A330, the model used for Flight 447, said Paul-Louis Arslanian, the head of the agency.

"They hadn't yet been replaced" on the plane that crashed, said Alain Bouillard, head of the French investigation. Air France declined immediate comment.

Arslanian cautioned that it is too early to draw conclusions about the role of Pitot tubes in the crash, saying that "it does not mean that without replacing the Pitots that the A330 was dangerous."

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