 Brazilian searchers found confirmed debris from the plane on Saturday |
Three more bodies have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean near where the Air France flight is thought to have crashed last week, Brazil's navy says.
Searchers have recovered five bodies so far, and ships are heading towards more that have been spotted in the area.
They were found some 1,000km (600 miles) north-east of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha islands where Flight 447 disappeared with 228 people on board.
Meanwhile, the investigation is looking into faulty speed sensors on the plane.
The Brazilian navy did not specify the gender of the three new bodies. The first two recovered were males.
A spokesman said ships should be able to recover the additional bodies within a few hours, despite poor weather conditions.
Speed sensors
The investigation is increasingly focusing on the aircraft's speed sensors, which had been providing inconsistent data in the minutes before it disappeared in turbulent weather.
Earlier, Air France said it was stepping up the process of replacing speed monitors on board its Airbus planes.
The company said it had first noticed problems with speed monitors a year ago and began replacing them a few weeks before the accident.
On Saturday, the Brazilian navy recovered the first confirmed debris from the plane, including a briefcase containing a ticket for Flight 447.
Other found debris thought to be linked to the flight included a blue seat and a backpack containing a computer.
The remains were found not far from where the last signal from the plane was received on Monday.
They were taken to the islands of Fernando de Noronha to be examined by experts.
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