Also, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said earlier that a submarine would join the search for the plane’s data recorders. Because of the difficulties in finding the black boxes, Egypt has contracted two foreign companies, Alseamar and Deep Ocean Research, to help locate the flight data recorders of the plane. The BEA is involved in the search because the crashed plane was an Airbus, manufactured in France. Earlier, leaked flight data indicated a sensor detected smoke in a lavatory and a fault in two of the plane’s cockpit windows in the final moments of the flight. Egyptian Minister of Aviation, Sherif Fathi says he believes terrorism is the most likely cause of the loss of Egyptair flight 804.

Source: thestar May 27, 2016 13:54 UTC