The word "fire" is heard on the cockpit voice recorder of EgyptAir 804 before the plane crashed into the Mediterranean in May, an Egyptian-led investigative committee said Saturday (July 15th).
Investigators had earlier said the other data recorder retrieved from the crash site confirmed that smoke alarms had sounded on board, while soot on wreckage indicates a fire, AFP reported.
In a statement, the committee said it was still too early to determine the reason or the place where the fire started.
The data recorder points to smoke signals indicating fires in the lavatory and avionics section of the plane, according to the committee.
The latest committee statement said the search for the remains of passengers has ended.
The ship conducting the search "reached the port of Alexandria today after the end of its mission, which had been extended for the second time, after making sure of the recovery of all human remains at the site of the accident", it said.
Both Egyptian and French judiciary have opened investigations into the incident, without ruling out a terrorist attack.
