Air France Flight 447 fell intact into sea

SHOOT: They're saying it crashed vertically. Which means the black boxes ought to be within a relatively modest debris field. They're also extending the search for the black boxes by another 10 days. Good luck.

clipped from news.yahoo.com LE BOURGET, France – A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean. Alain Bouillard, leading the investigation into the June 1 crash for the French accident investigation agency BEA, also says life vests found among the wreckage of the plane were not inflated. All 228 people aboard the plane were killed when it plunged into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Bouillard said at a news conference outside Paris on Thursday that the search for the plane's black boxes has been extended by 10 days and will continue through July 10.