Air France crash probe to release initial report

Paris: The French agency probing the mid-Atlantic crash of an Air France jet said Thursday it would release an initial report on its findings on July 2.

The Investigation and Analysis Bureau leading the inquiry into the June 1 crash said it would present the report at a press conference at its headquarters in France.

The cause of the loss of the plane and all 228 people on board as it flew from Rio de Janeiro to Paris is not known.

Rescue teams have found 50 bodies and are continuing their search for wreckage and the dead.