First "black box" recovered from the EgyptAir crash

The first of the “black boxes” from the crashed EgyptAir flight 804 has been recovered, Egyptian officials said tonight.
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The US search vessel, mv John Lethridge, has picked up the signals from the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder and was able to locate the equipment from the sea bed and bring it to the surface.
The CVR is being taken to Alexandria on Egypt’s north coast where crash investigators will take it to Cairo for analysis.
The device was said to be damaged, but the memory unit that retains two hours of conversations from the cockpit was retrieved, Egyptian officials said.
The flight data recorder, which stores technical parameters on the flight, hasn’t been recovered yet.
Flight MS804 crashed on May 19, killing all 66 passengers and crew. The plane was flying from Paris to Cairo before it deviated from its course while cruising at 37,000 feet, first turning left before rolling to the right and completing a full circle, investigators said this week.