Originally Posted by
camber3
I can't believe the black box was found without the memory card
It is far far more likely that this quote (which is itself unconfirmed) meant that the recorder has been found, but the crash survivable memory unit has not, rather than that the crash survivable memory unit had been found breached and without its contents.
Need to bear in mind that some information may be coming via translation from French to German before getting to English.