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A French submarine has located the flight recorders from Air France Flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic Ocean last year.

All 228 people on board the flight were killed following the incident, with the cause of the crash still unknown.

Investigators have now narrowed the location of the black boxes down to a five kilometre square area on the seabed. However, their depth may yet make them unrecoverable.

All ninety passengers on board a jet that crashed into the Mediterranean are believed to have died. The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800, which was bound for Addis Ababa, crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport, with witnesses saying they saw a ball of fire.

Police have ruled out terrorism and said it was probably weather-related, with heavy rain and lightning reported in the area.

The airlines chief executive Girma Wake said there was no word of any survivors.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Text-messaging drivers are six times more likely to get into an accident than drivers who do not text, researchers said in a study released on Monday.

The researchers say the study, using simulator vehicles and identical traffic scenarios, also found the risk of texting behind the wheel appeared to be significantly higher than talking on a cell phone while driving, another dangerous distraction.

Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii's beaches to see the biggest waves in years crash ashore. A legendary big wave surfing contest may be held Tuesday for the first time sin...

Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii's beaches to see the biggest waves in years crash ashore. A legendary big wave surfing contest may be held Tuesday for the first time since 2004 if waves reach a minimum of 40 feet. (Dec. 7)

Brief action from round 4 of the 2009 Irish Formula Vee Motor Racing Championship. ...

Two US Blackhawk helicopters crashed in northern Baghdad's Sunni district of Adhamiyah late on Saturday