The species composition was only partially available for
Fernando de Noronha Island and Rio Grande do Norte State.
Aircraft from the Brazilian Air Force, while covering a 10,000km search area, have seen "scattered patches" of oil stretching across a distance of about 5km, some 700km northeast of the
Fernando de Noronha islands. Jun 2, 2009
A structural support piece of the jet, about 8ft (2.5m) long was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean some 340 miles (550km) north-east of the
Fernando de Noronha islands, off Brazil's northern coast.
But there's been no confirmation yet that any of that debris spotted 340 miles (550 kilometers) northeast of Brazil's northern
Fernando de Noronha islands has been recovered or identified as from the Air France flight 447, which disappeared on Sunday night with 228 passengers aboard.
The search was being run f rom the
Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's north-east coast but officials said the plane could have been close to Africa by the time contact with it was lost.
Colonel Henry Munhoz, a spokesman for Brazil's air force, said eight more bodies were found on Monday about 650km northeast of the
Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's northern coast.
The wreckage and the bodies were found about 400 miles north east of the
Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's northern coast.
Admiral Edison Lawrence said the bodies were being transported to the
Fernando de Noronha islands for identification.
Air France Flight 447 emitted its last signals roughly 400 miles (640 kilometres) north-east of the
Fernando de Noronha islands.
The latest find brings the tally to six after the bodies of two men were found on Friday near where the jet is believed to have crashed, about 400 miles (640km) northeast of the
Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's northern coast.
A structural support piece of the jet, about 8ft (2.5m) long, was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean some 340 miles (550km) north-east of the
Fernando de Noronha islands, off Brazil's northern coast.
0233 BST, Monday: Last radar contact, the jet had just passed the
Fernando de Noronha islands, about 217 miles off the coast of Brazil.