Crew Members in Search of Debris of the Crashed EgyptAir Flight MS804 Have Recovered 'All Mapped' Human remains From Ocean

The Airbus A320 was travelling from Paris, France, to Cairo on May 19 when it plunged into the eastern Mediterranean, killing all 66 people onboard


Search crews have recovered 'all mapped' human remains from EgyptAir Flight MS804 more than six weeks after the doomed plane crashed into the ocean.

The Airbus A320 was travelling from Paris, France, to Cairo on May 19 when it plunged into the eastern Mediterranean, killing all 66 people onboard.

Now, nearly two months on, a search vessel contracted by the Egyptian government has retrieved all previously located human remains from the ocean, officials say.

The remains were recovered underwater at the crash site, Egypt's aircraft accident investigation committee said in a statement today.

The John Lethbridge, belonging to Mauritius-based Deep Ocean Search, reportedly headed to Alexandria port to hand over the remains to coroners and prosecution officials.

Some crew members searching for debris  

The survey vessel will return to the crash site to make further checks for any possible remains there, the statement said.

Flight MS804 is believed to have plunged into the deepest part of the Mediterranean.

The cause of the crash remains unknown.

Investigators have started analysing one of the aircraft's so-called black box flight recorders and are extracting information from the other.

French officials in search of dedris from air 

Debris from the plane was brought to Cairo Airport last week, where officials will try to reassemble part of the frame to help establish what might have caused the disaster.

No explanation for the disaster has been ruled out.

But current and former aviation officials increasingly believe the reason lies in the aircraft's technical systems, rather than sabotage.

Initial analysis of the plane's flight data recorder showed there had been smoke in the lavatory and avionics bay.

Meanwhile, recovered wreckage from the aircraft's front section showed signs of high temperature damage and soot - the first physical signs that fire may have broken out on the airliner.

The Paris prosecutor's office opened a manslaughter investigation on Monday.

However, it said it was not looking into terrorism as a possible cause of the crash at this stage.

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