World | Posted on Jun 25, 2009 at 04:22pm IST

AF 447 pilot's body retrieved: Air France

Paris: Air France says the bodies of the chief pilot of Flight 447 and a flight attendant have been retrieved from the Atlantic.

The airline says on its website that the two are among those identified in the international search operation for remains of the 228 victims and wreckage of the May 31 crash.

The airline hasn't identified crew members by name, but a pilots' union named the captain as Marc Dubois.

Earlier this week the international police agency Interpol said 11 of the 50 bodies retrieved have been identified.

It says they are eight Brazilians, one with joint Brazilian-German citizenship, one Brazilian-Swiss and a British national.

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