FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazilian  search crews fished the first debris from a crashed Air France  flight out of choppy Atlantic waters yesterday amid concern  the plane may have flown through a storm at the wrong speed.

Citing sources close to the inquiry, French newspaper Le  Monde said the plane’s maker, Airbus, was preparing to issue a  recommendation advising airlines that fly the A330 of optimal  speeds during poor weather conditions.

Airbus declined to comment but France’s BEA air accident  investigation agency warned against speculating over the cause  of the accident given that only two facts had been established.

They included the presence of stormy weather conditions  close to the plane’s expected route and the fact various speeds  measured on the basis of automatic messages sent by the plane  showed “incoherence”, suggesting they did not tally.

While Le Monde said the airliner was flying “at the wrong  speed” in the early hours of Monday just before the disaster, it  drew no link with the final sequences of automated messages sent  by the jet.

Pilots often slow down when entering stormy zones to avoid  damaging the aircraft, but reducing speed too much can cause an  aircraft to stall.

A Brazilian Lynx helicopter picked up a luggage pallet and  two buoys before returning to a navy frigate sent to the area to  help with the rescue, Brazil’s air force said.

The crews also found yellow, brown and white items that  appeared to come from the inside of the aircraft.
Searchers have found several debris sites spread out over 90  km (56 miles), a sign the plane may have broken up in the air.
The Air France A330-200 was en route from Rio de Janeiro to  Paris when it plunged into the Atlantic four hours into its  flight. Air France has told relatives of the 228 people on board  there is no hope of survivors.