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Wreaths honor victims as search for Flight 111 recorders continues
Swissair Flight 111 victims’ relatives release wreaths and sea water jars off Halifax while Canadian divers, a submarine, and sonar-equipped units search 190 feet deep for the jet’s flight recorders. Officials report cockpit smoke and emergency descent notes in final cockpit transmissions as crews widen the offshore search and plan further recovery efforts.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Swissair Flight 111
Airfax
Vic Gorden
New York
Ing Point
Geneva
Peggy’s Cove
Claire Mortimer
Berkeley
Calif
John Mortimer
The
New York Times
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Halifax Convention Center
HMCS
Okanagan
Mike Considine
Navy
Swissair
Boston
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