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Media: Egyptair Jet broke up in the air

After a two-month investigation of the history of the Egyptair disaster is on the Mediterranean sea clear. As the New York Times” reported, had shattered the plane after a fire in the air and into the sea plunged.

Airbus A320 Egyptair (archive image)

The analysis of both flight data recorder and the aircraft debris have led to this conclusion, told Egyptian investigators, who cited the “New York Times”. It is still unclear whether the fire broke out on Board due to a technical defect or a criminal act.

An Egyptian investigation Commission had already announced in the last week, an analysis of the voice recorder revealed that the crew had observed a “fire”. By the end of June, the investigator had explained that the other flight recorder I recorded a smoke alarm, before the Airbus A320 between Crete and the Egyptian coast, crashed into the Mediterranean sea.

No Stop Assumption

In the crash on the road from Paris to Cairo on 19. In may, there had been no Survivors. Among the 66 Victims, 40 Egyptians, and 15 were French. A stroke was ruled out after the first investigation at an early stage. However, a little uncertainty prevailed in this respect, still.

Wreckage of the downed machine

Before the crash of the Egyptian machine a Russian passenger plane was crashed last October, shortly after the Start in the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai. All 224 people on Board were killed in the bombing claimed the lives of to known the the jihadists militia “Islamic state”.

cgn/yy (afp, dpa)