Debris of Air France plane found

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Brazil's Defense Minister, Nelson Jobim, has confirmed that debris spotted by air force pilots on the Atlantic Ocean belongs to the missing Air France plane with 228 people on board.

The items were verified on Tuesday night, with both metal and non-metal materials detected in the water about 1-thousand kilometers northeast of the Brazilian coastal city of Recife.

Jobim said no bodies have yet been discovered.

A crew member uses binoculars, in this photo released on June 2, 2009 by the French Defense Ministry, as a Breguet Atlantique flies a search mission. [Agencies]