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EgyptAir crash: On-board recording discusses fire | EgyptAir crash: On-board recording discusses fire |
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An audio recording made on board an EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May discusses a fire, investigators say. | An audio recording made on board an EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May discusses a fire, investigators say. |
An Egyptian-led team said on Saturday that the information was found on a cockpit flight recording. | An Egyptian-led team said on Saturday that the information was found on a cockpit flight recording. |
But the investigative committee said it was too early to say where or why the fire broke out. | |
All 66 people on board died when flight MS804, flying from Paris to Cairo, crashed on 19 May. | All 66 people on board died when flight MS804, flying from Paris to Cairo, crashed on 19 May. |
The new information appears to back up evidence from the flight recorder of smoke in the cabin. | The new information appears to back up evidence from the flight recorder of smoke in the cabin. |
Recovered wreckage also showed signs of high temperature damage and soot on the jet's front section. | Recovered wreckage also showed signs of high temperature damage and soot on the jet's front section. |
Automated electronic messages sent out by the plane had shown smoke detectors going off in a toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit, minutes before the plane disappeared. | Automated electronic messages sent out by the plane had shown smoke detectors going off in a toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit, minutes before the plane disappeared. |
No distress call was made from the plane prior to the crash. | No distress call was made from the plane prior to the crash. |
Egyptian investigators have not ruled out any reasons for the crash, including terrorism, particularly as such catastrophic fires on passenger planes are so rare. | Egyptian investigators have not ruled out any reasons for the crash, including terrorism, particularly as such catastrophic fires on passenger planes are so rare. |
The data recorders were taken to Paris after being found, and the cockpit voice recorder was in need of considerable repair. | The data recorders were taken to Paris after being found, and the cockpit voice recorder was in need of considerable repair. |
The investigative committee also said on Saturday that a research ship, the John Lethbridge, had finished its search for human remains, which have been transferred to Cairo for identification. | The investigative committee also said on Saturday that a research ship, the John Lethbridge, had finished its search for human remains, which have been transferred to Cairo for identification. |
What we know | What we know |
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