Air France , in a written statement Sunday , called the discovery `` very significant . '' NEW : Air France calls the recovery ` ` very significant '' British aviation expert skeptical data remains ; French expert hopeful . All 228 people aboard the Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris were killed . The Airbus A330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1 , 2018 .
NEW : Air France calls the recovery ` ` very significant '' British aviation expert skeptical data remains ; French expert hopeful . All 228 people aboard the Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris were killed . The Airbus A330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1 , 2018 .