EgyptAir 804 16 July 2016 Investigation Progress Report (25)

[airman1900]

From:

http://www.civilaviation.gov.eg/News/news%20pages%20ar/messs_16_7_16.html

The Technical Investigation Committee of the A320 accident had primarily studied FDR data as well as performing time correlation between FDR and CVR data.

The committee had also unloaded CVR and started listening to the cockpit voice recordings before the occurrence of the accident; where the existence of a "fire" was mentioned. Still it is too early to determine the reason or the place where that fire occurred.

Additional work on the CVR, the FDR and the recovered debris is continuing.

[G-CPTN]

Egypt Says "Fire" Clearly Audible on EgyptAir Cockpit Voice Recording (http://www.wsj.com/articles/egypt-says-fire-audible-on-egyptair-cockpit-voice-recording-1468695419).

[vapilot2004]

Soot was found on part of the right side of the cockpit.

Goes along with the W/S Heat alert.

Evidence collected so far suggests a nearly simultaneous shut-off of both the plane’s flight-data recorder and an alerting system designed to transmit malfunction messages to the ground.

Both require AC Power. Emergency Electrical Config (fire protocol - several steps in) may be one reason for the power loss.