Brazilian navy divers are on their way to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet in order to start the job of pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean after the plane carrying 228 people went down.Four navy ships with recovery equipment and a tanker are headed for a 5km strip of water strewn with parts from the plane about 1,200km northeast of the coastal city of Recife.Three merchant vessels are already in the area after being diverted to help with the operation.Flight AF 447 was heading from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it went down early on Monday, in the worst loss of life in Air France's 75-year history.France held religious ceremonies to remember the missing on Wednesday, including one in Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral attended by Nicolas Sarkozy, the country's president. Three days of national mourning began in Brazil on Tuesday.
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