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.

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

1. Abdel Kader Benotmane (French Friend with Otmane Teguadon)
2. Adrian S (German national)
3. Adriana Moreira Henriques, 27 (Brazilian, Adriana was going to spend the holidays in Portugal.)
4. Adriana Francisca Van Sluij,  40 ( Brazilian, Press Officer for Petroba)
5. Ahmed Faouzi  (Moroccan, Veterinary Technician)
6. Aisling Butler, 26 ( Irish, of Roscrea, Ireland; Doctor)
7. Akram Ku
8. Alazar Laetitia
9. Albert Kersten, 43 (Dutch, Was on vacation in Brazil)
10. 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)
11. Alexander C,  25(German national)
12. Aisling Butler
13. Ana Carolina Rodrigues da Silva, 28 (husband: Pablo Dreyfus) Brazilian, Sociologist, Vivo Rio, an Anti-Violence Non-profit oganization.
14. Ana Luisa Curty, Unknown,
15. Andras Szarvas, 7 ( Hungarian, Son of Rita Szarvas.)
16. Andree VN 38 (German, Boutique owner. He was in Brazil visiting a friend)
17. Andrei Kiselev (Russian, Was in Brazil for business)
18. Andrés Suárez Montes 38 (Spanish, Engineer who worked in Brazil)
19. Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva  (Brazilian, Worked for an organization that guided and protected foreign women. Was traveling with her Italian husband, Enzo Canaletto)
20. Anidjar Shlomo
21. Anna Negra Barrabeig, 28 (Spanish, Was on her honeymoon in Rio. She was on her way to Barcelona to join family and friends).
22. Anne Harris, 54 (American Physiotherapist, wife of Michael Harris)
23. Anne-Marie Boulleray,  60 (French, Anne Marie was the sister of the Head Flight Attendant, Francoise Sonnic)
24. 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)
25. Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva
26. Antonio Augusto Gueiro: information systems director, Michelin
27. Arden Juguetes
28. Arnold Gergel
29. Arthur Coakley: 61; British; structural engineer for PDMS
30. Audrey Quesada Zrelli: 27 (husband: Hatem Zrelli)
31. Aurélia Pasquet
32. Bassam Murr
33. Bianca Machado Cotta
34. Brad Clemes: 49; Canadian from Guelph, Ontario; Coca-Cola executive
35. Bruno Pelajo
36. Cathy Arrondo
37. Carlos Alberto Mateus
38. Carlos Eduardo Lopes de Mello
39. Carmen E (daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; father: Rolf E; mother: Hannelore E)
40. Cécile Guitare (with François Henry)
41. Cédric Monteiro
42. Clara Sofie E, age 2 (mother: Carmen E)
43. Claudia Degli Esponse
44. Claus-Peter Hellhammer: 28; employee of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG based in Germany
45. Chen Qingwei: 35, Chinese; resident of central Chinese city of Wuhan, had applied to become Brazilian investment immigrant
46. Chiping Chen: 53, Chinese; wife of Liaoning province's vice mayor, vice manager of a trade company under Benxi Iron & Steel
47. Christiane Zeuthen: 47 (Shock and Trauma Therapist)
48. 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)
49. Christine Badr Schnabl (son: Philipe Schnabl, age 5)
50. Christophe Paus
51. Cordioli Agostino: 73 ( Italian, Businessman from Verona, Italy)
52. Daniel Bencat
53. Daniela A (German national)
54. David Sebastian
55. Deise Possamai
56. Dennis L (German national)
57. Elise Chabanne
58. Eduardo Moreno
59. Eithne Wall: 29 ( Irish; Doctor)
60. Enzo Canaletto (wife: Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva)
61. Erich Heine: 41( South African-born; member of executive board of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG)
62. Fabrice Pezzoni
63. Fatma Ceren Necipoglu
64. Ferdinand Porcaro
65. Flirty Caroline (husband: Sébastien Vedovati)
66. Fouad Haddour
67. Francisco Eudes Mesquita Valle (aka Francisco Valle Eudes Mosque)
68. François Henry (with Cécile Guitare)
69. Gao Xing: 39 (Chinese; manager of trade company under Benxi Iron & Steel)
70. Georg Lercher
71. George Martin
72. Giambattista Lenzi: (Regional Conselor of Trentino Alto Adige - Italy)
73. Gianni Zortea:Mayor, Canal San Bovo - Italy
74. Gilles Dutheil
75. Giovanni Batista Lenzi
76. Graham Gardner
77. Gustave Thill Guy
78. Gustavo Peretti Mattos
79. H. Claus (German national)
80. Hannelore E (husband: Rolf E; daughter Carmen E; grand daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2;  German nationals)
81. Hans H (German national)
82. Harold Maximillian Winner
83. Hatem Zrelli (wife: Audrey Zrelli) : 30 (French-Tunisian, Control Agent for Carrefour)
84. Hélène Leybros (with Vincent Poitrenaud)
85. Helge Gustafsson
86. Hussein Khalifeh
87. Ines G (German national)
88. Iris H (German national)
89. Iris M (German national)
90. Isabelle Bonin:  36 (French; wife of AF447 co-pilot Pierre-Cedric Bonin)
91. Isabelle Hocabaeff (husband: Yvan Hocabaeff)
92. Isis Pinet (husband: José Souza)
93. Ivan Lorgeré
94. Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler
95. Jadir Hilton Silveira de Souza (aka Hilton Jadie)
96. Jane Axeldota
97. Jane Deasy: 27; Irish; doctor
98. Jassem Zrelli, age 1 (parents Audrey Zrelli and Hatem Zrelli)
99. Jean-Claude Lozouet
100. Jiachun Zhuo: 27 (Chinese, employee with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in south China city of Shenzhen)
101. Jean-Luc Wilhelm (wife: Anne-Marie Wilhelm)
102. Jessica Chaves de Miranda Schmidt
103. João Marques da Silva Filho
104. José Amorim Ronnel
     
105. José Gregório Marques
106. Jose Souza : wife Isis Pinet
     
107. Michael and Anne Harris (lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were two Americans aboard the flight)
     
108. José Roberto Gomes
109. Jozsef Gallasz: 44; (Hungarian; partner of Hungarian victim Rita Szarvas).
110. Júlia Chaves de Miranda Schmidt
111. Juliana Ferreira Braga de Aquino
112. Karsten Moholt : 58 ( Company Director)
113. Karsten Aleksander Moholt: 35 (Company director son of Karsten Moholt).
114. Katja R (German national)
115. Koo Hak-rim: 39 ( Korean, Head of Shipping Company)
116. Kristian Berg Andersen
117. Ku Hak-rim
118. Laetitia Alazar: 23, (French, Worked for the French company CGED. She was on the plane with her friend, Aurelia Pasquet)
119. Laura Rahal 28, (Lebanese - Swedish, Engineer)
120. Leonardo Veloso Dardengo: Oceanographer
121. Leonardo Pereira Leite
122. Letícia Chem (daughter: Dr. Roberto Corrêa Chem and Vera Chem) International Roaming manager of OI Phone Company
123. Lucas Galiano Juca
124. Luciana Clarkson Seba (husband: Paulo Valle Brito)
125. Luiz Roberto Anastacio: 50; Brazilian; president for South America, Michelin
126. Luigi Zortéa
127. Luis Cláudio Monlevad
128. Luiz Roberto Anastácio
129. Lutz U (German national)
130. M. Owondon Owondon
131. Marcela Marques Pellizzon
132. Marcelle Valpaços Fonseca Lima
133. Marcelo Parente Gomes de Oliveira: Chief of Staff of Rio de Janeiro Mayor.
134. Marcia Moscon de Faria
135. Marco Antonio Camargos Mendonça: 44, Brazilian, worked for Vale SA mining company
136. Maria de Fátima Brito Valle
137. Maria G (Austrian national)
138. Maria Tereza Gregório Marques
139. Marie-Josée Treillis
140. Martin (German national)
141. Mateus Nazareth Ceva Antunes (aka Matthew)
142. Matthias P (German national)
143. Michael Harris (husband: Anne Harris) 60; American, from Lafayette, Louisiana; Geologist
144. Michael Hudec
145. Mingwen Li: 44, Chinese; deputy general manager of Benxi Iron & Steel based in China's northeastern Liaoning Province
146. Moritz Kock: 54; German, from Potsdam; Architect
147. Nathalie Marroig
148. Neil Warrior
149. Nelson Marinho Filho: 40, was on his way to Angola to work as an engineer on an oil platform when the plane went down.
150. Nicolas Touillou
151. Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes
152. Olivier Guérineau (wife: Sabrina Guérineau)
153. Olivier Guillot-Noël
154. Otmane Teguadon (with Abdel Kader Benotmane)
155. Pablo Dreyfus (wife: Ana Carolina Rodrigues) was a gun violence analyst, and one of Brazil's most senior gun control advocates.
156. Pascal Tongue
157. Patricia Nazareth Antunes
158. Paulitsch Alexander, 35, Italian, Italian business man.
159. Paulo Valle Brito (wife: Luciana Clarkson Seba)
160. Philipe Schnabl, age 5 (mother: Christine Schnabl)
161. 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,
162. Raja Moukha Tazi
163. Ralf K (German national)
164. Regine E (German national)
165. Renate W (German national)
166. Rino Zandonai: Director of the Trentini Nel Mondo Onlus Association - Italy
167. 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.
168. 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)
169. Rolf E (wife: Hannelore E; daughter Carmen E; grand daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2;  German nationals)
170. Ronald Dreyer
171. Ronnel Jose Amorim
172. Sabrina Guérineau (husband: Olivier Guérineau)
173. Sandrine Artiguenave: 34; French
174. Sana Zrelli, age 3 (parents Audrey Zrelli and Hatem Zrelli)
175. Sébastien Vedovati (wife: Flirty Caroline)
176. Silvio Barbato: former conductor for the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Orchestra
177. Simone Jacomo dos Santos Elias
178. Soluwellington Vieira de Sá
179. Sonia al Muallem
180. Sonia Maria Amorim
181. Sonia Maria Cordeiro Porcaro
182. Sophie Le Corvec
183. Stefan B (German national)
184. Stephane Artiguenave: 35; French; salesman at electrical distributor CGED
185. Sun Lianyou: 49, Chinese; director of smelting plant, Benxi Iron & Steel
186. Tadeu Dias de Moraes
187. Valnilzia Betler
188. Vanderleia Carraro
189. Vera Chem
190. Veronica Ivanovitch: 57; Swiss-Brazilian; the wife of telecoms millionaire Hans Ivanovitch
191. Véronique Gaignard
192. Vincent Poitrenaud (with Hélène Leybros)
193. Violet Bajenaru DeClerck
194. Virginie Mommayou
195. Walter Carrilho Junior
196. Xiao Xang: 35, Chinese; associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing
197. Yvan Hocabaeff (wife: Isabelle Hocabaeff)
198. Zhang Qingbo: 54, Chinese; manufacturing department head, Benxi Iron & Steel
199. Zoran Markovic: 45; Croatian, from Kostelji, Croatia; Sailor
200. Zuobing Shen: 40, Chinese; former material section chief, Benxi Iron & Steel

Crew:

1. Anne Grimout, 49, French, head of the crew
2. Mar Clara Amado, 32, Argentina with French, crew
3. David Robert, 37, French, Copilot Flight AF 447
4. Lucas Gagriano Juca, 24, Commissioner - single crew Brazil
5. Marc Dubois, 58, French, commander of flight AF 447
6. Pierre-Cedric Bonin, 32, Copilot Flight AF447 

The Air France Flight 447 Passenger List - By Nationality

• 61 French
• 58 Brazilians
• 26 Germans
• 9 Chinese
• 9 Italians
• 6 Swiss
• 5 Britons
• 5 Lebanese
• 4 Hungarian
• 3 Irish
• 3 Norwegians
• 3 Slovakians
• 2 Americans
• 2 Moroccans
• 2 Poles
• 2 Spanish
• 1 Argentinian
• 1 Austrian
• 1 Belgian
• 1 Canadian
• 1 Croatian
• 1 Danish
• 1 Dutch
• 1 Estonian
• 1 Filipino
• 1 Gambian
• 1 Icelandic
• 1 Romanian
• 1 Russian
• 1 South African
• 1 Swedish
• 1 Turk