<p><br />Brazilian officials said they have so far only recovered sea "trash" from a zone in the Atlantic where an Air France jet came down, and not aircraft debris as originally thought.</p>.<p>"Up to now, no material from the plane has been recovered," Brigadier Ramon Cardoso, director of Brazilian air traffic control, told reporters in the northeastern city of Recife.</p>.<p>He said items pulled from the ocean yesterday and originally thought to come from downed Air France flight AF 477 actually came from another source, likely a ship.</p>.<p>He also said a big oil slick originally thought to come from the plane probably also came from a ship, though fuel slicks detected were likely from the jet because the fuel was of a type not used by seagoing vessels.</p>.<p>Earlier yesterday, Cardoso had told reporters that navy ships 1,000 kilometres off Brazil's shore had pulled aboard debris from the Air France plane that vanished on Monday, including a pallet from its cargo hold and two buoys.</p>.<p>But after inspection it was determined the pallet could not have come from the plane.</p>.<p>"We confirm that the pallet found is not part of the debris of the plane. It's a pallet that was in the area, but considered more to be trash," he said.</p>.<p>He added that the Brazilian navy crews were pulling any item out of the water and inspecting it. Anything not belonging to the Air France plane was being put aside.</p>
<p><br />Brazilian officials said they have so far only recovered sea "trash" from a zone in the Atlantic where an Air France jet came down, and not aircraft debris as originally thought.</p>.<p>"Up to now, no material from the plane has been recovered," Brigadier Ramon Cardoso, director of Brazilian air traffic control, told reporters in the northeastern city of Recife.</p>.<p>He said items pulled from the ocean yesterday and originally thought to come from downed Air France flight AF 477 actually came from another source, likely a ship.</p>.<p>He also said a big oil slick originally thought to come from the plane probably also came from a ship, though fuel slicks detected were likely from the jet because the fuel was of a type not used by seagoing vessels.</p>.<p>Earlier yesterday, Cardoso had told reporters that navy ships 1,000 kilometres off Brazil's shore had pulled aboard debris from the Air France plane that vanished on Monday, including a pallet from its cargo hold and two buoys.</p>.<p>But after inspection it was determined the pallet could not have come from the plane.</p>.<p>"We confirm that the pallet found is not part of the debris of the plane. It's a pallet that was in the area, but considered more to be trash," he said.</p>.<p>He added that the Brazilian navy crews were pulling any item out of the water and inspecting it. Anything not belonging to the Air France plane was being put aside.</p>