Posted on 01/17/2004 12:01:00 AM PST by HAL9000
One of the two black box flight recorders from a plane that crashed early this month off the Egyptian coast, killing all 148 people on board, has been recovered, a French source told AFP.It added that the box would be officially handed over to Egyptian authorities at 0900 GMT.
The Flash Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after take-off for Paris from this Red Sea resort, killing 134 French tourists and a Moroccan as well as 13 Egyptian crew members.
The black boxes are expected to reveal the exact cause of the tragedy, which Egyptian and French experts believe was the result of a technical fault or other accident and not terrorism.
One black box records the movements of the plane's controls and the other the voices of the pilot and co-pilot. It was not immediately known which of the two has been recovered.
I say follow the list of passengers to determine who and why it crashed to rule out rumors or cover ups!
That was determined before the debris hit the water, and the same people now have the black box. Tin foil? Blackbird.
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Today: January 17, 2004 at 6:05:00 PST
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -
A small submarine has retrieved one of the flight data recorders of an Egyptian jet that crashed this month at a Red Sea resort, an official said Saturday.
The chief of the search team, Shaker Qilada, said the recorder, commonly known as a black box, contained the technical data of the plane's performance before it crashed Jan. 3, minutes after taking off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik.
The black box, which was located Friday on the sea bed, appeared to be in good condition after it was treated with chemicals to remove salt, Qilada said.
Egyptian and French investigators hope the black box will reveal what caused the plane to crash, killing all 148 people on board - including 134 French tourists who were flying to Paris. Officials have said it was caused by a technical problem and ruled out terrorism.
The box was retrieved at dawn by the small submarine Scorpio 2000, which has been lent to the search team by France Telecom.
Egyptian civil aviation authorities have said they will lead the analysis of the box's contents. But French and U.S. officials are assisting the investigation.
Another remote controlled submarine is pursuing the second black box, which is believed to be lying more than 3,300 yards below the surface, Qilada said. All planes carry two boxes - one containing the cockpit's vocal recordings and the other technical data.
France has sent ships, divers and technicians to assist the search operation, including a ship that arrived Wednesday to scan the sea bed and produce detailed maps of the sea floor.
The plane was a Boeing 737, operated by the Egyptian charter firm, Flash Airlines.
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The black box of the Flash Airlines flight is removed from an ice box on the military port of Sharm el Sheikh. One of the two black box flight recorders from a plane that crashed two weeks ago off the Egyptian coast, killing all 148 people on board, was handed over to Egyptian authorities this morning following its recovery by a French submarine robot.(AFP/file/Eric Feferberg)
It doesn't look good.
So when it looks like an accordion can ya still get the info. off it?
Yep, all giddy awaiting the results.
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