Published Date:
12 June 2009
By Carl Gavaghan
THE wife of the Sandsend Air France crash victim Arthur Coakley has revealed his laptop and boarding pass have been found among debris from the plane.
Patricia Coakley said she will not be flying out to Brazil, even if her husband's body is identified among those already recovered.
She said she justed wanted to remember him smiling and laughing and said he was a wonderful man.
"We are just in limbo and still waiting for the phone call we will get from the authorities, but don't want.
"We cannot plan anything at this time until we get more news. But I don't want to fly out to Brazil."
Mr Coakley was on board the A330 Airbus Flight 447 which vanished en route from Rio to Paris on 1 June with 228 people on board, including five Britons.
Wreckage and a total of 41 bodies have so far been found in the Atlantic, about 400 miles north east of the Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's northern coast.
Crash theories being considered include the possibility that external speed monitors iced over and gave dangerously false readings.
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Last Updated:
12 June 2009 9:50 AM
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Source:
Whitby Gazette Friday
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Location:
Whitby
