The Egyptian army shows the remains of the Airbus – Republic

Photographs published on the profile of the Egyptian army on Facebook. They represent fragments of the machine, which in the night from Wednesday to Thursday was a disaster in the Mediterranean, flying from Paris to Cairo, as well as a pillow, belt, bag and shoes. In the pictures you can see, among others, parts of seats, pieces of cloth and metal, and life jackets.

The first drifting in the Mediterranean remains of the plane that made a flight MS804, found on May 20 about 290 km north of Alexandria. Egyptian exploration team encountered, among other things on airline seats and luggage. Also found fragments of bodies. Search continues on Saturday and focus on finding the black boxes in a place where the sea has a depth of 2.5 tys.-three thousand. m.

French investigators have confirmed that Airbus sent an automatic signal indicating that the detectors detect smoke in the cabin of the machine. They cautioned, however, that it is still too early to interpret the data. Bureau of investigation and analysis (BEA) “confirms that the system of ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) sent a message indicating that the smoke in the cabin appeared shortly before the interruption of transmission” – told AFP a spokesman for the investigators. Civil aviation. He stipulated, however, that “these signals do not allow in any way to tell what could cause smoke or fire on board the aircraft.” The ACARS is used to transmit data on the flight airline to which the aircraft.

– It is far too early to interpret (the data) and be able to determine the causes of the disaster, until we find the wreckage and black boxes . The priority of the investigation is to find the wreckage and flight recorders and conversations in the cockpit – he stressed.

Earlier who specializes in aviation portal Aviation Herald reported that shortly before the crash smoke detectors in the aircraft detected smoke in the toilet and systems, avionics plane. Aviation Herald says that he got the data “with three independent channels” via the ACARS system. According to Philip Baum, which seems professional journal “Aviation Security International Magazine” can not be excluded that the cause of the crash was technical failure, which resulted in on-board fire. – We do not know if it was a fire, a short circuit or a bomb – he added.