It has now emerged that two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight which crashed late last month, killing all 228 on the flight. French secret servicemen were able to establish the connection while working through the list of passengers who boarded the ill-fated Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 31.

Flight AF447 crashed in the mid-Atlantic while en route to Paris during a violent storm. Investigators are positive that there were computer malfunctions, however they have not yet ruled out terrorism.

Soon after news of the crash broke, agents for the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure were dispatched to Brazil.