Due to extensive damage to the boxes, the only way to gain access to the data on the recorders in this case was to download it from the individual memory chips. That is a process that no investigating body, including the mighty NTSB, can do on their own. That is the one and only reason that the recorders were sent to Honeywell, where they have the necessary tools and expertise
You did not read my precedent post
J.O., BEA has all that expertise.
And a black box can take a LOT !
