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　　The air show also follows the crash last week of an Air France jet in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. All two hundred twenty-eight people on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris were killed.

　　Before the flight went down, sensors gave conflicting information on air speed to the plane's computers, possibly because of ice. Such problems had led Air France to begin replacing older sensors on some of its Airbus planes, but not the one that crashed.

　　Air France is now moving quickly to put in newer versions of the speed sensors. But the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

　　Bodies and wreckage have been found over a wide area. The plane hit storms before the crash. Incorrect air speed readings could have led the pilots to fly so fast that the plane broke apart. Wrong data can also cause pilots to fly too slow and lose lift.

　　In the United States, officials are investigating a different safety issue -- the safety of regional airlines. These smaller carriers now operate about half the airline flights within the United States. They carry one in four passengers.

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