Terrorist Link to Doomed Airliner Revealed

Sky News is reporting this morning that the doomed Air France flight that broke apart in the sky above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil was carrying 2 passengers that are linked to extremist Muslim terrorism.

A source working for the French security services told Paris weekly L'Express that the link was "highly significant".

Agents are now trying to establish dates of birth for the two dead passengers, and family connections.

There is a possibility the name similarities are simply a "macabre coincidence", the source added, but the revelation is still being "taken very seriously".

France has received numerous threats from Islamic terrorist groups in recent months, especially since French troops were sent to fight in Afghanistan.