http://www.civilaviation.gov.eg/News...s_22_6_16.html
Found the original thread closed, even though there's significant news from Egypt about the latest assessment of the memory units of the CVR/FDR.
Apparently, the Egyptian Civil Aviation authority has an issue with either CVR or FDR readout. Nothing that can't be fixed, just taking up a bit more time. Encouraging that BEA and NTSB are confirmed to overlook this process.
My main concern is about until when there'll be data/voice stored. If it will be until the moment the transponder data quit, there won't be data/voice following the departure from the recorded flightpath @ FL370 as recorded by Greek and British military, conveyed to Egypt and only recently acknowledged by Egyptian authorities.
But fingers crossed, the FDR/CVR data read out will give some crucial hints before the apparent energy black out took place.
Connected to this, it would be vital to know until when exactly really transponder data were sent/received, as this seems so far varying between the timing of receipt of the ACARS messages (last one 00:29Z) and between the cessation of transponder data, claimed in several instances from 0, to 5 up to 15 minutes afterwards.
One would expect the Egyptian authorities to address such issues in a first (formal) report expected within one month according to international rules. Perhaps I've missed something.