Originally Posted by
Cymro
The europe1 link at the start of the thread:
"Simplement, le survol en hélicoptère a permis de voir la carcasse de l'avion et quelques corps autour de l'avion."
That is Alain Vidalies, the French Secretary of State for Transport. They're talking very much about a single plane - maybe impact damaged, but not to teh extent that they're talking about debris rather than a recognisable aircraft.
Loose translation : "With the helicopter overflight one was able to see the aircraft fuselage wreckage and some bodies around the aircraft.