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EgyptAir black box confirms smoke on board before crash
Thursday, 30 Jun 2016 03:52:14
The EgyptAir Airbus A320 disappeared while flying from Paris to Cairo on May 19. (Supplied: Flikr/Kurush Pawar)
Data from one of the black boxes of a crashed EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms had sounded on board and soot was found on the wreckage, an Egyptian-led investigative committee said.
The black box had been retrieved from the bottom of the Mediterranean after the Airbus A320 with 66 people on board plunged into the sea on May 19 while heading to Cairo from Paris.
It had recorded the flight's data from its departure until it "stopped at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,250 metres)," the committee said in a statement.
"Recorded data is showing a consistency with ACARS messages of lavatory smoke and avionics smoke," it said, two days after the damaged recorder was repaired in France.
Investigators had previously announced that the plane's automated Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) sent signals indicating smoke alarms on board the plane before it went down.
"Parts of the front section of the aircraft showed signs of high temperature damage and soot," the committee statement added.
The repair work of the cockpit voice recorder, the second black box, has also begun.
The plane was carrying 40 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, two Canadians and one passenger each from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
AFP
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French Foreign Minister said that no theory on the cause of the EgyptAir crash has been ruled out. (Supplied: Egyptian military)
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Debris from EgyptAir flight MS804, which plunged into the Mediterranean en route to Cairo. (Supplied: Egyptian military)
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Images of EgyptAir A320 debris include a lifejacket. (Supplied: Egyptian military)
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A pink baby swaddle collected alongside plane debris. There were two babies on the plane. (Supplied: Egyptian military)
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The signals indicated there was smoke in the front toilets near the cockpit of EgyptAir flight MS804. (Supplied: Egyptian military)
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