Radio New Zealand, "France asks US for
help over deadly French Polynesian Air Moorea plane crash"
The French authorities have approached the
United States for help in the recovery of the sound recorder of the plane
which crashed off the French Polynesian island of Mooera last week. 20
people died when the Air Moorea Twin Otter fell into the sea on its way
to Tahiti.
The recorder
has been located about 450 metres under water and the French authorities
have asked for a large US vessel to assist in its recovery. French investigators
say it will take several days for all the equipment to arrive in order
to recover the wreckage. Six bodies are yet to be found. The cause of the
crash is still unknown.
