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The Brazilian military said late Friday it is calling off the search for bodies of passengers and crew from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic earlier this month.
It was unlikely that any more bodies would be found, the military said.
So far, search teams have found 51 of the 228 people who died when Air France Flight 447 plunged into the sea June 1, according to the military.
They have also found more than 600 parts and structural components of the plane, along with luggage, the military said.
The bodies were handed to Brazilian authorities for identification while the debris and luggage were given to French aviation investigators, the military said.
In the 26 days of the search operation, the Brazilian air force used 12 planes along with aircraft from France, the United States and Spain, the military said. The Brazilian navy used 11 ships.
Ships remain in the search area hundreds of miles northeast of Brazil in an effort to find the flight data recorders, the Brazilian military said.
Last week investigators said they were running out of time to find the recorders which could prove crucial to working out what caused the disaster.
Officials remain in the dark about what caused the airliner to plunge into the sea off the coast of Brazil. The wreckage is believed to be about 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) deep, amid underwater mountains and mixed in with tons of sea trash.
A French submarine and other vessels are searching for black boxes by attempting to trace their locator beacons, which send out acoustic pulses, or "pings," to searchers.
The U.S. Navy has contributed two high-tech acoustic devices -- known as towed pinger locators -- which have been attached to French tug boats and can search to a maximum depth of 20,000ft (6,100 meters).
The firm which makes the recorders, Honeywell Aerospace, has told CNN it has a 100 percent recovery record from air accidents.
Honeywell said it was hard to estimate how much battery life the locator beacon on the recorders had, as it depended on the conditions, but it is typically around 30 days.
One recorder taped radio transmissions and sounds in the cockpit, such as the pilot's voices and engine noises.
Sounds of interest could be engine noise, stall warnings, landing gear extension and retraction, and other clicks and pops. From these sounds engine revs per minute, system failures, speed and the time at which certain events occurred could often be determined, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
List of Names of Passengers on Flight 447 - Ongoing Compilation from Media Reports - Current List 204 of 228 - Names in Alphabetical Order by First Name
Abdel Kader Benotmane (French Friend with Otmane Teguadon)
Adrian S (German national)
Adriana Moreira Henriques, 27 (Brazilian, Adriana was going to spend the holidays in Portugal.)
Adriana Francisca Van Sluij, 40 ( Brazilian, Press Officer for Petroba)
Ahmed Faouzi (Moroccan, Veterinary Technician)
Aisling Butler, 26 ( Irish, of Roscrea, Ireland; Doctor)
Akram Ku
Alazar Laetitia
Albert Kersten, 43 (Dutch, Was on vacation in Brazil)
Alexander Bjoroy, 11 (British, English Student had been returning to Clifton College Preparatory School in Bristol from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the half-term break)
Alexander C, 25(German national)
Aisling Butler
Ana Carolina Rodrigues da Silva, 28 (husband: Pablo Dreyfus) Brazilian, Sociologist, Vivo Rio, an Anti-Violence Non-profit oganization.
Ana Luisa Curty, Unknown,
Andras Szarvas, 7 ( Hungarian, Son of Rita Szarvas.)
Andree VN 38 (German, Boutique owner. He was in Brazil visiting a friend)
Andrei Kiselev (Russian, Was in Brazil for business)
Andrés Suárez Montes 38 (Spanish, Engineer who worked in Brazil)
Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva (Brazilian, Worked for an organization that guided and protected foreign women. Was traveling with her Italian husband, Enzo Canaletto)
Anidjar Shlomo
Anna Negra Barrabeig, 28 (Spanish, Was on her honeymoon in Rio. She was on her way to Barcelona to join family and friends).
Anne Harris, 54 (American Physiotherapist, wife of Michael Harris)
Anne-Marie Boulleray, 60 (French, Anne Marie was the sister of the Head Flight Attendant, Francoise Sonnic)
Anne-Marie Wilhelm, 54 (French, Professor, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse. She was attending a conference in Brazil. She was on the plane with her husband, Jean-Luc Wilhelm)
Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva
Antonio Augusto Gueiro: information systems director, Michelin
Arden Juguetes
Arnold Gergel
Arthur Coakley: 61; British; structural engineer for PDMS
Audrey Quesada Zrelli: 27 (husband: Hatem Zrelli)
Aurélia Pasquet
Bassam Murr
Bianca Machado Cotta
Brad Clemes: 49; Canadian from Guelph, Ontario; Coca-Cola executive
Bruno Pelajo
Cathy Arrondo
Carlos Alberto Mateus
Carlos Eduardo Lopes de Mello
Carmen E (daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; father: Rolf E; mother: Hannelore E)
Cécile Guitare (with François Henry)
Cédric Monteiro
Clara Sofie E, age 2 (mother: Carmen E)
Claudia Degli Esponse
Claus-Peter Hellhammer: 28; employee of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG based in Germany
Chen Qingwei: 35, Chinese; resident of central Chinese city of Wuhan, had applied to become Brazilian investment immigrant
Chiping Chen: 53, Chinese; wife of Liaoning province's vice mayor, vice manager of a trade company under Benxi Iron & Steel
Christiane Zeuthen: 47 (Shock and Trauma Therapist)
Christin Pieraerts 28 (French, Michelin tire engineer from France had recovered from a stroke and was returning home after a 10-day visit to see her boyfriend in Brazil)
Christine Badr Schnabl (son: Philipe Schnabl, age 5)
Christophe Paus
Cordioli Agostino: 73 ( Italian, Businessman from Verona, Italy)
Daniel Bencat
Daniela A (German national)
David Sebastian
Deise Possamai
Dennis L (German national)
Elise Chabanne
Eduardo Moreno
Eithne Wall: 29 ( Irish; Doctor)
Enzo Canaletto (wife: Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva)
Erich Heine: 41( South African-born; member of executive board of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG)
Fabrice Pezzoni
Fatma Ceren Necipoglu
Ferdinand Porcaro
Flirty Caroline (husband: Sébastien Vedovati)
Fouad Haddour
Francisco Eudes Mesquita Valle (aka Francisco Valle Eudes Mosque)
François Henry (with Cécile Guitare)
Gao Xing: 39 (Chinese; manager of trade company under Benxi Iron & Steel)
Georg Lercher
George Martin
Giambattista Lenzi: (Regional Conselor of Trentino Alto Adige - Italy)
Gianni Zortea:Mayor, Canal San Bovo - Italy
Gilles Dutheil
Giovanni Batista Lenzi
Graham Gardner
Gustave Thill Guy
Gustavo Peretti Mattos
H. Claus (German national)
Hannelore E (husband: Rolf E; daughter Carmen E; grand daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; German nationals)
Hans H (German national)
Harold Maximillian Winner
Hatem Zrelli (wife: Audrey Zrelli) : 30 (French-Tunisian, Control Agent for Carrefour)
Hélène Leybros (with Vincent Poitrenaud)
Helge Gustafsson
Hussein Khalifeh
Ines G (German national)
Iris H (German national)
Iris M (German national)
Isabelle Bonin: 36 (French; wife of AF447 co-pilot Pierre-Cedric Bonin)
Isabelle Hocabaeff (husband: Yvan Hocabaeff)
Isis Pinet (husband: José Souza)
Ivan Lorgeré
Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler
Jadir Hilton Silveira de Souza (aka Hilton Jadie)
Jane Axeldota
Jane Deasy: 27; Irish; doctor
Jassem Zrelli, age 1 (parents Audrey Zrelli and Hatem Zrelli)
Jean-Claude Lozouet
Jiachun Zhuo: 27 (Chinese, employee with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in south China city of Shenzhen)
Jean-Luc Wilhelm (wife: Anne-Marie Wilhelm)
Jessica Chaves de Miranda Schmidt
João Marques da Silva Filho
José Amorim Ronnel
José Gregório Marques
Jose Souza : wife Isis Pinet
Michael and Anne Harris (lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were two Americans aboard the flight)
José Roberto Gomes
Jozsef Gallasz: 44; (Hungarian; partner of Hungarian victim Rita Szarvas).
Júlia Chaves de Miranda Schmidt
Juliana Ferreira Braga de Aquino
Karsten Moholt : 58 ( Company Director)
Karsten Aleksander Moholt: 35 (Company director son of Karsten Moholt).
Katja R (German national)
Koo Hak-rim: 39 ( Korean, Head of Shipping Company)
Kristian Berg Andersen
Ku Hak-rim
Laetitia Alazar: 23, (French, Worked for the French company CGED. She was on the plane with her friend, Aurelia Pasquet)
Laura Rahal 28, (Lebanese - Swedish, Engineer)
Leonardo Veloso Dardengo: Oceanographer
Leonardo Pereira Leite
Letícia Chem (daughter: Dr. Roberto Corrêa Chem and Vera Chem) International Roaming manager of OI Phone Company
Lucas Galiano Juca
Luciana Clarkson Seba (husband: Paulo Valle Brito)
Luiz Roberto Anastacio: 50; Brazilian; president for South America, Michelin
Luigi Zortéa
Luis Cláudio Monlevad
Luiz Roberto Anastácio
Lutz U (German national)
M. Owondon Owondon
Marcela Marques Pellizzon
Marcelle Valpaços Fonseca Lima
Marcelo Parente Gomes de Oliveira: Chief of Staff of Rio de Janeiro Mayor.
Marcia Moscon de Faria
Marco Antonio Camargos Mendonça: 44, Brazilian, worked for Vale SA mining company
Maria de Fátima Brito Valle
Maria G (Austrian national)
Maria Tereza Gregório Marques
Marie-Josée Treillis
Martin (German national)
Mateus Nazareth Ceva Antunes (aka Matthew)
Matthias P (German national)
Michael Harris (husband: Anne Harris) 60; American, from Lafayette, Louisiana; Geologist
Michael Hudec
Mingwen Li: 44, Chinese; deputy general manager of Benxi Iron & Steel based in China's northeastern Liaoning Province
Moritz Kock: 54; German, from Potsdam; Architect
Nathalie Marroig
Neil Warrior
Nelson Marinho Filho: 40, was on his way to Angola to work as an engineer on an oil platform when the plane went down.
Nicolas Touillou
Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes
Olivier Guérineau (wife: Sabrina Guérineau)
Olivier Guillot-Noël
Otmane Teguadon (with Abdel Kader Benotmane)
Pablo Dreyfus (wife: Ana Carolina Rodrigues) was a gun violence analyst, and one of Brazil's most senior gun control advocates.
Pascal Tongue
Patricia Nazareth Antunes
Paulitsch Alexander, 35, Italian, Italian business man.
Paulo Valle Brito (wife: Luciana Clarkson Seba)
Philipe Schnabl, age 5 (mother: Christine Schnabl)
Prince Pedro Luis De Orleans E Braganca: Prince - 26 Descendant of Don Pedro II Brazilian Emperor 1822-1831 fourth in line to the royal throne in Brazil and 35th in line to the throne of France,
Raja Moukha Tazi
Ralf K (German national)
Regine E (German national)
Renate W (German national)
Rino Zandonai: Director of the Trentini Nel Mondo Onlus Association - Italy
Rita Gallasz Jozsef Szarvas (and unidentified son, 7):Hungarian; therapist at a Budapest center for children with motor disabilities. Her 7-year-old son was also aboard, but his name was not released.
Dr. Roberto Corrêa Chem (wife: Vera Chem;daughter: Letícia Chem) Plastic Surgeon - Director of Skin Bank and Chief of Plastic Surgery Service of Porto Alegre Hospital.(Porto Alegre is a City in the South of Brazil)
Rolf E (wife: Hannelore E; daughter Carmen E; grand daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; German nationals)
Ronald Dreyer
Ronnel Jose Amorim
Sabrina Guérineau (husband: Olivier Guérineau)
Sandrine Artiguenave: 34; French
Sana Zrelli, age 3 (parents Audrey Zrelli and Hatem Zrelli)
Sébastien Vedovati (wife: Flirty Caroline)
Silvio Barbato: former conductor for the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Orchestra
Simone Jacomo dos Santos Elias
Soluwellington Vieira de Sá
Sonia al Muallem
Sonia Maria Amorim
Sonia Maria Cordeiro Porcaro
Sophie Le Corvec
Stefan B (German national)
Stephane Artiguenave: 35; French; salesman at electrical distributor CGED
Sun Lianyou: 49, Chinese; director of smelting plant, Benxi Iron & Steel
Tadeu Dias de Moraes
Valnilzia Betler
Vanderleia Carraro
Vera Chem
Veronica Ivanovitch: 57; Swiss-Brazilian; the wife of telecoms millionaire Hans Ivanovitch
Véronique Gaignard
Vincent Poitrenaud (with Hélène Leybros)
Violet Bajenaru DeClerck
Virginie Mommayou
Walter Carrilho Junior
Xiao Xang: 35, Chinese; associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing
Yvan Hocabaeff (wife: Isabelle Hocabaeff)
Zhang Qingbo: 54, Chinese; manufacturing department head, Benxi Iron & Steel
Zoran Markovic: 45; Croatian, from Kostelji, Croatia; Sailor
Zuobing Shen: 40, Chinese; former material section chief, Benxi Iron & Steel
Crew:
Anne Grimout, 49, French, head of the crew
Mar Clara Amado, 32, Argentina with French, crew
David Robert, 37, French, Copilot Flight AF 447
Lucas Gagriano Juca, 24, Commissioner - single crew Brazil
Marc Dubois, 58, French, commander of flight AF 447
