by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 2, 2016 | Middle East
EgyptAir’s chairman on Thursday denied media reports that the airliner which crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 on board, had sent technical warnings during flights in the 24 hours before it disappeared from radar screens. “For me it...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 1, 2016 | Middle East
A French naval vessel has detected an underwater signal that could have originated from one of the so-called black boxes of missing EgyptAir Flight 804, according to the Egyptian investigative committee. Flight 804 crashed May 19 in the Mediterranean en route from...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2016 | Middle East
A French naval ship carrying specialist probes designed to detect black box pinger signals has arrived to the search area where the EgyptAir jet is believed to have crashed last week as search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein and Asharq Al Awsat English | May 26, 2016 | Middle East
Cairo-Egypt’s air accidents chief Ayman al-Moqadem said on Thursday that a vessel provided by ALSEAMAR, a French company which specializes in marine wreckage searches, will join within hours the hunt for the data recorders of EgyptAir flight MS804 which has...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Middle East
The head of Egypt’s forensics authority denied on Tuesday reports that the small size of the remains of victims retrieved since an EgyptAir plane crashed last week indicated there was an explosion on board. “Everything published about this matter is...