While the statement didn't elaborate on the condition of the recorder, but it implied that the memory unit had been safely recovered. Earlier in the day an official in the committee said that the investigators had already started analyzing the cockpit voice recorder after it arrived in Cairo overnight. It added that it managed to "successfully retrieve" the memory unit of the recorder which is the "most important" component. The EgyptAir Airbus A320 was flying to Cairo from Paris when it crashed on May 19 between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast. The announcement came two days after officials said they had found the wreckage of the Airbus A320 and had started mapping its debris on the seabed.

Source: Fox News June 17, 2016 11:03 UTC