Air France wreckage recovery
Air France debris found in the Atlantic Ocean (Photo: BEA/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with David Gallo of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He led the search team that discovered the wreckage from Air France Flight 447 last weekend. The commercial flight plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009, killing all 228 people on board.
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