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The Egyptian military has released images of items found
during the search in the Mediterranean Sea for missing Egypt
Air flight MS804.
They include life vests, parts of seats and objects clearly
marked EgyptAir.
The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66
people aboard when it vanished from radar early on Thursday.
Investigators have confirmed smoke was detected in various
parts of the cabin three minutes before it disappeared, but say
the cause is still not known.
Speaking on Saturday after meeting relatives of victims,
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said "all theories
are being examined and none is favoured".The search has also reportedly found body parts and luggage.
The main body of the plane and the two "black boxes" which
show flight data and cockpit transmissions have not yet been
located.
While no bodies have been recovered, memorials have been
taking place for the victims.
A service was held in a Cairo church on Saturday for air
hostess Yara Hani, who was aboard the doomed plane.
Smoke alarms
The Aviation Herald said that smoke detectors had gone off in
the toilet and the aircraft's electronics before the signal was
lost.
It said it had received flight data filed through the Aircraft
Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)
from three independent channels.
It said the system showed that at 02:26 local time on Thursday
(00:26 GMT) smoke was detected in the jet's toilet.
A minute later - at 00:27 GMT - there was an avionics alert
indicating smoke in the bay below the cockpit that contains
aircraft electronics and computers.
The last ACARS message was at 00:29 GMT, the air industry
website said, and the contact with the plane was lost four
minutes later at 02:33 local time.
ACARS is used to routinely download flight data to the airline
operating the aircraft.
Confirming the data, France's Bureau of Investigations and
Analysis told AFP it was "far too soon to interpret and
understand the cause of the accident as long as we have not
found the wreckage or the flight data recorders".
Agency spokesman Sebastien Barthe told Associated Press
the messages "generally mean the start of a fire" but added:
"We are drawing no conclusions from this. Everything else is
pure conjecture."
Philip Baum, the editor of Aviation Security International
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<br>debris from the Egyptian airplane</br>
The Egyptian military has released images of items found
during the search in the Mediterranean Sea for missing Egypt
Air flight MS804.
They include life vests, parts of seats and objects clearly
marked EgyptAir.
The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66
people aboard when it vanished from radar early on Thursday.
Investigators have confirmed smoke was detected in various
parts of the cabin three minutes before it disappeared, but say
the cause is still not known.
Speaking on Saturday after meeting relatives of victims,
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said "all theories
are being examined and none is favoured".The search has also reportedly found body parts and luggage.
The main body of the plane and the two "black boxes" which
show flight data and cockpit transmissions have not yet been
located.
While no bodies have been recovered, memorials have been
taking place for the victims.
A service was held in a Cairo church on Saturday for air
hostess Yara Hani, who was aboard the doomed plane.
Smoke alarms
The Aviation Herald said that smoke detectors had gone off in
the toilet and the aircraft's electronics before the signal was
lost.
It said it had received flight data filed through the Aircraft
Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)
from three independent channels.
It said the system showed that at 02:26 local time on Thursday
(00:26 GMT) smoke was detected in the jet's toilet.
A minute later - at 00:27 GMT - there was an avionics alert
indicating smoke in the bay below the cockpit that contains
aircraft electronics and computers.
The last ACARS message was at 00:29 GMT, the air industry
website said, and the contact with the plane was lost four
minutes later at 02:33 local time.
ACARS is used to routinely download flight data to the airline
operating the aircraft.
Confirming the data, France's Bureau of Investigations and
Analysis told AFP it was "far too soon to interpret and
understand the cause of the accident as long as we have not
found the wreckage or the flight data recorders".
Agency spokesman Sebastien Barthe told Associated Press
the messages "generally mean the start of a fire" but added:
"We are drawing no conclusions from this. Everything else is
pure conjecture."
Philip Baum, the editor of Aviation Security International
Magazine, told the BBC that technical failure could not be
ruled out.
"There was smoke reported in the aircraft lavatory, then
smoke in the avionics bay, and over a period of three minutes
the aircraft's systems shut down, so you know, that's starting
to indicate that it probably wasn't a hijack, it probably wasn't a
struggle in the cockpit, it's more likely a fire on board."<i>If anyone is concerned about relatives or friends following the
disappearance of the flight, they can call this free number
provided by EgyptAir: +202 259 89320</i>
Magazine, told the BBC that technical failure could not be
ruled out.
"There was smoke reported in the aircraft lavatory, then
smoke in the avionics bay, and over a period of three minutes
the aircraft's systems shut down, so you know, that's starting
to indicate that it probably wasn't a hijack, it probably wasn't a
struggle in the cockpit, it's more likely a fire on board."
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