FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil - Brazil's air force says a helicopter crew has recovered the first wreckage from Air France Flight 447.
A structural support piece of the jet about 2.5 metres long was fished from the ocean.
It was found about 550 kilometres northeast of Brazil's northern Fernando de Noronha islands.
Also found at about 1 p.m. today were two buoys.
No bodies or human remains have been spotted.
The helicopter was working off one of the navy ships that reached the debris early today.
