NEW : Brazilian military finds nine bodies ; crew of French vessel finds eight . And two key pieces of evidence -- the flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- remain missing , and could lay on the ocean floor . Plane disappeared over Atlantic Ocean last week . U.S. to use high - tech equipment to look for ship 's emergency exit .
NEW : Brazilian military finds nine bodies ; crew of French vessel finds eight . Plane disappeared over Atlantic Ocean last week . U.S. to use high - tech equipment to look for ship 's emergency exit .