This is an update on the undersea searches undertaken following the accident that occurred on 9 August 2007 off the coast of Moorea to the DHC-6 registered F-OIQI, operated by Air Moorea.

The Ile de Ré, a ship chartered by the BEA from Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, arrived at Papeete on Sunday 26 August in the morning (local time). That day was devoted to preparing the search work. The undersea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was equipped with an acoustic sensor (homer) that allowed it to home in on the recorder's beacon. The ship was then positioned over the area that had been defined by the measurements performed in the days following the accident.

Work on the site has continued day and night since then, supervised by and following the instructions of the BEA investigators, in the presence of senior police officers.

The positions of parts of the wreckage have been identified, in particular the rear section of the airplane that contained the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). The wreckage is located in the area that had previously been identified, at a depth of about seven hundred metres. Mapping of the wreckage has been carried out and, on Thursday 30 August, the CVR was lifted onto the deck of the Ile de Ré. It is currently en route towards Paris in order to be read out by the BEA.

Recovery of the wreckage is continuing off Moorea.

No further bodies have been identified since the fourteen bodies found immediately after the accident.