1st images of EgyptAir wreckage released, reports of smoke onboard confirmed (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
RT.com
21 May, 2016
Smoke was reportedly detected on board the EgyptAir plane before it crashed in the southern Mediterranean, France’s BEA air accident investigation agency told the media. The Egyptian army, in the meantime, released the first photos of the plane wreckage.
The information about the smoke on the plane was confirmed by an official from France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for civil aviation safety.
“The BEA confirms that there have been ACARS [Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System] messages sent by the plane indicating that there was smoke shortly before the data transmissions broke,” a spokesperson told AFP.
“These messages do not allow in any way to say what may have caused smoke or fire on board the aircraft,” the agency also told Reuters.
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