Pilots tried to fight fire on doomed EgyptAir jet, probe
finds
CAIRO - Pilots tried to extinguish a fire on board the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egyptian investigators said Tuesday after analyzing a recovered cockpit voice recorder.
The recordings were consistent with data previously recovered from the plane's wreckage that showed heat, fire, and smoke around a bathroom and the avionics area, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official press statement has yet to be released.
The crash of the flight from Paris to Cairo killed all 66 people on board. The pilots made no distress call, and no militant group has claimed to have brought the aircraft down, deepening the mystery surrounding its fate.
The Egyptian investigators say no theories - including terrorism - are being ruled out, especially since it is rare for such a catastrophic fire to break out so suddenly.
EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared from radar about 2:45 a.m. local time on May 19 between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast.
Radar data showed the aircraft had been cruising normally in clear skies before it turned 90 degrees left, then a full 360 degrees to the right as it plummeted from 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) to 15,000 feet (4,572 meters). It disappeared when it was at an altitude of about 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).
Deep ocean search teams have been recovering human remains and bringing them to Egypt's port city of Alexandria. French authorities opened a manslaughter inquiry late last month, but said there is no evidence so far to link the crash to terrorism.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pilots-tried-to-fight-fire-on-doomed-egyptair-jet-probe-finds/
CAIRO - Pilots tried to extinguish a fire on board the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egyptian investigators said Tuesday after analyzing a recovered cockpit voice recorder.
The recordings were consistent with data previously recovered from the plane's wreckage that showed heat, fire, and smoke around a bathroom and the avionics area, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official press statement has yet to be released.
The crash of the flight from Paris to Cairo killed all 66 people on board. The pilots made no distress call, and no militant group has claimed to have brought the aircraft down, deepening the mystery surrounding its fate.
The Egyptian investigators say no theories - including terrorism - are being ruled out, especially since it is rare for such a catastrophic fire to break out so suddenly.
EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared from radar about 2:45 a.m. local time on May 19 between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast.
Radar data showed the aircraft had been cruising normally in clear skies before it turned 90 degrees left, then a full 360 degrees to the right as it plummeted from 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) to 15,000 feet (4,572 meters). It disappeared when it was at an altitude of about 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).
Deep ocean search teams have been recovering human remains and bringing them to Egypt's port city of Alexandria. French authorities opened a manslaughter inquiry late last month, but said there is no evidence so far to link the crash to terrorism.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pilots-tried-to-fight-fire-on-doomed-egyptair-jet-probe-finds/
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EgyptAir cockpit recording reveals pilots tried to extinguish
flames before crash
Sources from the committee investigating EgyptAir Flight 804's disappearance revealed Tuesday that newly analyzed audio from the cockpit voice recorder indicates pilots attempted to put out a fire on-board before the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Authorities say the recordings, which captured pilot conversations and cockpit alarms, are in line with the evidence of fire damage found in the plane's wreckage. However, the new evidence isn't helping investigators zero in on any one theory of what caused the aircraft's demise, "especially since it is rare for such a catastrophic fire to break out so suddenly," The Associated Press reports. Flight 804 crashed on May 19 en route from Paris to Cairo, killing all 66 people on board. |
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