Brazil continues to identify bodies

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Play VideoSearch and investigation of air crash continues

Military ships and planes are continuing to search for bodies and debris from Air France Flight 447. The jet crashed into the Atlantic on June 1st with 228 people onboard.

The number of bodies retrieved still stands at 44.

Another six have been pulled from the Atlantic by French ships but won't become part of the official death tally until they are counted by Brazilian officials.

Meanwhile, among the bodies retrieved, 37 have been transported to the coastal city of Recife for identification.

Members of the Brazilian Air Force carry the body of a victim of Air France Flight 447 that went missing en route from Rio to Paris, at a base in Fernando de Noronha island June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ag O Globo/Marcelo Jorge Loureiro