Focus of EgyptAir probe falls on flight recorders

Cairo

EGYPTIAN investigators are preparing to test the flight recorder memory units from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last month, moving a step closer to finding the cause of the accident that killed all 66 people on board.

Examinations began on Saturday for parts of the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of the Airbus Group SE A320, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in an e-mailed statement on Sunday. The memory units will be dried in special ovens in preparation for further study, according to the statement.