All 228 people aboard died.
Still missing are the plane’s flight data and voice recorders, thought to be deep under water.
French-chartered ships are trolling a search area with a radius of 80km, pulling US Navy underwater listening devices attached to 6,000m of cable. The black boxes send out an electronic tapping sound that can be heard up to 2km away, but these locator beacons will begin to fade after just two more weeks.
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