The word "fire" was audible on the cockpit voice recordings recovered from the wreckage of EgyptAir flight 804, the Egyptian investigative committee said on Saturday. "The existence of 'fire' was clearly mentioned," on the recording, the committee said in a Saturday statement, but said it was too early to determine any further details about where the fire occured or why. Initial analysis of the flight's data recorder showed there had been smoke in the lavatory and avionics compartment, and recovered debris from the plane's front section showed signs of high temperature damage, signs that a fire may have broken out on board. The committee also said that all human remains had been recovered from the site of the plane crash, in the Mediterranean north of Egypt. "The vessel John Lethbridge reached the port of Alexandria today after the end of its mission, which had been extended for a second time, after making sure of the recovery of all human remains at the site of the accident," it said. "Required coordination with the Department of Forensic Medicine was made to receive the vessel in preparation for the transfer of the remains to Cairo to complete the DNA analysis." The Airbus A320 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean en route from Paris to Cairo on 19 May, killing all 66 on board. No report has yet been released by the committee regarding the cause of the crash. The plane was carrying 40 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, two Canadians and one passenger from the countries of Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/233380.aspx
