Originally Posted by
aterpster
Does anyone know whether the Egyptians have the equipment to read out the recorders or do they have to send them to France?
The media are reporting an unnamed Egyptian source as saying that the FDR and CVR have suffered unspecified but "extensive" damage which will hamper the analysis process. It's not clear whether that's just a reference to their physical state, as per the previously published photos, or to the results of initial efforts to retrieve the data.
Crashed Egyptair plane's black boxes 'extensively damaged' - ITV News