Egyptian investigators to begin FDR analysis Wednesday says Minister

The minister – himself an experienced pilot, said that tremendous efforts had been made by the Egyptian government to discover the crash site. “In just a few hours after the aircraft had disappeared from the radar screens, the black boxes had been recovered, the bodies of the victims were recovered and rushed to hospitals in Cairo. All assistance has been given to the Russian side to send the remains back home at the requested time.” A statement from the ministry said. The minister stated that an investigation committee has been formed to take charge of the investigation of this accident.
“Egypt will lead investigation in cooperation with the Russian side (Country of operation), Ireland (Country of registry) and the manufacturer of the aircraft. “The committee has commenced its tasks by inspecting the crash site since the first day of the accident and they expect to finish the field inspection by the end of day today and they will start working on the data of the black boxes. The investigation committee has all the tools and experts to deal with the investigation and issue the final report which will take some time to finish. All speculations about the cause of the accident at this point are too early and are not based on any concrete evidence,” the statement said.