EgyptAir crash: Black box signals heard, Egypt says

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Source: BBC

Signals likely to have come from the black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month have been detected, Egyptian investigators say.

A statement said they were picked up by a French vessel searching the Mediterranean Sea.
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"The French vessel 'Laplace'... has received through its search equipment signals from the seabed of the wreckage search area assumed to be from one of the data recorders," the Egyptian Aircraft Investigation Committee said in its latest statement.

It added that another ship will join search efforts later this week to help retrieve the devices.


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