chanceisnowhere's video: BBC BREAKING NEWS 5 - CRASHED AIR FRANCE PLANE

Air France jet debris recovered Brazilian and French planes have been searching over the area of the crash Brazilian navy ships have begun recovering debris from an Air France jet lost over the Atlantic this week, a Brazilian air force official has said. Brig Ramon Borges Cardoso said the debris will be taken to France, which is leading the investigation into the crash, AFP news agency reported. Searches have located debris but no flight data recorders or bodies. In Paris, relatives of passengers have been told that there is no hope of survivors being found. Air France chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon and chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta briefed the relatives in a hotel near Paris Charles de Gaulle airport where they have been waiting for news. Mr Gourgeon said the jet, which was carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, broke apart either in the air or when it hit the sea. See a map of the plane's route "What is clear is that there was no landing," said a support group representative who was at the meeting, Guillaume Denoix de Saint-Marc. "There's no chance the escape slides came out." Friends and relatives gathered for a memorial service in Rio de Janeiro In Rio de Janeiro, hundreds of people gathered at a memorial service attended by the French and Brazilian foreign ministers. "Those who are missing are here in our hearts and in our memories," said the French minister, Bernard Kouchner. A memorial service was held in Paris on Wednesday. Brazilian navy vessels have been combing the area, about 1,100km (690 miles) north-east of Brazil's coast. Three more Brazilian boats and a French ship equipped with small submarines are expected to arrive in the area in the next few days. 'Clock ticking' French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck said the priority was looking for wreckage from the plane, before turning the search to flight data recorders. "The clock is ticking on finding debris before they spread out and before they sink or disappear," he said. Mr Cardoso said that among the debris retrieved on Thursday were yellow, brown and white items that appeared to come from the inside of the plane. Debris has been found over an area of 90km (56 miles), which is seen as an indication that the plane could have broken up in the air.