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Egyptair crash: victims recovered
At the end of may, Egyptair machine crashed over the Mediterranean sea. The cause of the disaster is still to be determined. The Remains of the dead were now brought to Egypt.
In the search for the Victims of the Egyptair crash, the British air force was involved
As the Egyptian newspaper “Al Ahram” reported online, citing the authorities, all the previously located Remains of the victim on the way to the port city of Alexandria.
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Expert repair of flight recorders of crashed Egyptair machine
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Second EgyptAir-black box recovered
According to information from Egyptian authorities, the most important part was found the second black box. The investigators hope the findings about the cause of the crash, with 66 dead. (17.06.2016)
They were on Board from Egypt chartered ship, the “John Lethbridge”. There the bodies would be handed over to the authorities. The ship would afterwards return to the crash site to ensure that all body parts have been recovered.
A data recorder has yet to be repaired
The data memory of the voice recorder of Egyptair machine are intact. Thus, the analysis of the data could begin as soon as the black box was back in Egypt, confirmed to the investigators in Cairo. The voice recorder that was found as a second data recorder, is currently in for repair in France, to replace parts that are for the Transmission of the data is necessary.
The evaluation of the first data recorder had confirmed that prior to the crash of the aircraft on one of the toilets and in the area of the on-Board electronics smoke had spread. The Airbus A320 was on 19. May with 66 people on Board on the way from Paris to Cairo on the Eastern part of the Mediterranean sea crashed.
An Assassination Attempt? Egypt’s government denies
An emergency did not exist. After the crash there was speculation about an Explosion on Board and a possible terrorist attack, what the Egyptian government declined to accept it.
haz/cgn (rtr, dpa, afp)