In more sad news, debris was found in the Atlantic today off the northeast coast of Brazil, about 50 miles off the plane’s trajectory path. Air France flight 447 was on an 11-hour journey from Rio De Janeiro to Paris when it failed to re-connect with traffic controllers three hours into the trip. Two debris fields were found – one was 3 miles long. Among wreckage found was an airplane seat, metal debris, an orange float, a drum and an oil spill. The four year old Airbus A330 was carrying 216 passengers – mainly of French and Brazilian nationality. There are believed to be no survivors.

Among the missing: a dancer who performed in Broadway musical Riverdance, and a 26 year-old member of Brazilian’s royal family.