Further pieces of debris floating in the Atlantic ocean have been located northeast of Brazil and are believed to belong to the Air France Airbus that crashed 1 June. Two Brazilian navy frigates arrived at the approximate crash site last night 3 June, defense officials announced, but the search area has been extended to 500 square km, due to currents. The Brazilian defense minister said that the discovery of a slick of fuel on the surface of the water pointed to the probability that a mid-air explosion was not the cause of the jet’s downing, as it would have burned. Le Monde quotes a source close to the investigation as saying that the plane was flying at an “inadequate” speed, without elaborating. Le Monde (Fre), BBC, Reuters

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