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| EgyptAir 804 Flight Data Recorder Is Found, Egyptian Investigators Say | EgyptAir 804 Flight Data Recorder Is Found, Egyptian Investigators Say |
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| CAIRO — The flight data recorder from EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed in the Mediterranean last month, has been recovered, Egyptian investigators said on Friday, one day after announcing that the cockpit voice recorder had been found. | CAIRO — The flight data recorder from EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed in the Mediterranean last month, has been recovered, Egyptian investigators said on Friday, one day after announcing that the cockpit voice recorder had been found. |
| The crew of the John Lethbridge, a research vessel involved in the search, found the wreckage of the plane, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. | The crew of the John Lethbridge, a research vessel involved in the search, found the wreckage of the plane, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. |
| “The vessel equipment managed to pick up the memory unit; which is considered as the most important part of the above-mentioned recorder,” the Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee said in a statement. | “The vessel equipment managed to pick up the memory unit; which is considered as the most important part of the above-mentioned recorder,” the Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee said in a statement. |
| It added that investigators had been notified, and that the two data recorders would be transferred in Alexandria, Egypt, to the committee “to carry out analysis and unload the voice conversations.” | It added that investigators had been notified, and that the two data recorders would be transferred in Alexandria, Egypt, to the committee “to carry out analysis and unload the voice conversations.” |
| The recorders are now on their way to the investigative committee’s lab in Cairo for inspection, investigators said. “The analysis of data may take several weeks, if the memory units at both recorders are in good condition.” | |
| If the recorders have suffered minor damage, they will be repaired in Egypt but any potentially major repairs will be done abroad under committee supervision. | |
| The investigation “does not end by extracting data from the retrieved recorders,” the statement said, adding that, despite the boxes’ importance, they are just one part of the investigation. | |
| All 66 people aboard the Airbus A320 jetliner bound for Cairo from Paris were killed in the still-unexplained crash on May 19, as the plane was near the end of its trip, in Egyptian airspace. | All 66 people aboard the Airbus A320 jetliner bound for Cairo from Paris were killed in the still-unexplained crash on May 19, as the plane was near the end of its trip, in Egyptian airspace. |
| “Good news that we have the two boxes on hand,” said EgyptAir’s chairman, Safwat Musallam, who declined to comment on the condition of the flight data recorder. The committee had said on Thursday that the cockpit voice recorder had been damaged, but that it had managed to recover its memory unit. | “Good news that we have the two boxes on hand,” said EgyptAir’s chairman, Safwat Musallam, who declined to comment on the condition of the flight data recorder. The committee had said on Thursday that the cockpit voice recorder had been damaged, but that it had managed to recover its memory unit. |