The search for the fuselage and the black box recorders of the downed EgyptAir flight MS804 is the number one priority for the air crash investigators.
ADVERTISEMENTThe search for the fuselage and the black box recorders of the downed EgyptAir flight MS804 is the number one priority for the air crash investigators.
It has emerged that smoke detectors had been triggered in the plane’s toilet followed a minute later by an avionics alarm.
The avionics bay, situated below the cockpit, contains all the aircrafts electronic systems such as radio’s, navigation equipment and radar.
Smoke was detected within EgyptAir 804 shortly before it vanished from radar, official says https://t.co/kliyaG0cg6pic.twitter.com/sTZVWbiQSr
— ABC News (
ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/734160335054229504">May 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>Investigators say that the signals normally indicate a fire has broken out, but refuse to be drawn on the possible cause. <b></b>However, a technical catastrophe has not been ruled out. <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">EgyptAir Flight 804 sent radio messages that may signal the crash not caused by bomb <a href="https://t.co/dIfwPUVFcK">https://t.co/dIfwPUVFcK</a> <a href="https://t.co/JKhSrlzTzs">pic.twitter.com/JKhSrlzTzs</a></p>— Bloomberg (business) May 21, 2016
On Saturday the Egyptian military released pictures of the debris recovered from the crash site including life jackets and other items marked with the EgyptAir logo. > #AWANInews EgyptAir MS804: Egyptian army post images of plane debris https://t.co/doMWomNGoMpic.twitter.com/Bh5gWqotjM
— Astro AWANI (@501Awani) May 22, 2016
As yet no bodies have been recovered, still memorials have been taking place for the victims.
In Cairo cabin crew member Yara Hani was remembered by friends and family.