Brazil Official: Air France Crash Bodies Show Fractures

SAO PAULO (AP) - Experts say autopsies on victims of the Air France disaster suggest the plane broke up in the air.

A spokesman for Brazilian medical examiners says they had multiple fractures of legs, hips and arms.

The official spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition he not be named due to department rules.

A forensic expert who once worked at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says those injuries could mean the plane broke apart in air.

Frank Ciacco says large chunks of the plane recovered are another clue.

Ciacco says bodies and debris would be severely fragmented if the jet crashed intact.

Flight 447 crashed May 31 in the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board.