Brazil says Air France plane likely did not explode

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The presence of fuel stains in the ocean could rule out the possibility there was an explosion on the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic, Brazil's Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said on Wednesday.

"The presence of oil slicks could eventually rule out the possibility of a fire, an explosion," Jobim said during a news conference.

(Reporting by Eduardo Simoes, Writing by Brian Ellsworth; editing by Stuart Grudgings and Todd Eastham)