Remi Jouty, Chairman of the BEA just interviewed on F2
Mr Jouty was invited by the 20H TV news France2 just a few minutes ago.
The recorders are presently in the hands of the Malian authorities and should be transferred tomorrow morning to Le Bourget, the head office of the BEA, for examination and reading.
Mr Jouty said that it was an extremely high velocity impact but it could not be said now what was the attitude of the aircraft, nose down or not etc...
About the recorders external aspects:
-The FDR seems to be in a relative good state and might be exploitable.
-The CVR is very damaged.