The alternative black box, a data recorder that had additionally been retrieved from the bottom of the Mediterranean after the aircraft plunged into the ocean, has already been accessed.
It had showed that smoke alarms had sounded within the Airbus A320 before it went down on May additionally 19, while flying from Paris to Cairo with 66 human beings on board.The voice recorder is being repaired at the French twist of fate investigation corporation.
“Not one of the reminiscence chips of the electronic board turned into broken,” the Egyptian-led probe stated in a announcement.
Different circuitry needed to be replaced, but.
“After the substitute of the … Board additives, test results had been satisfactory and it enabled the reading of the recorders,” the statement stated.Investigators stated ultimate week that the plane’s wreckage confirmed signs of hearth at the same time as the records recorder confirmed smoke alarms have been activated.
They’d previously introduced that the aircraft’s automated aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) despatched indicators indicating smoke alarms on board the plane earlier than it went down.
The plane become wearing forty Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, Canadians and one passenger every from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
