#Submarine Joins Hunt For #EgyptAir Black Boxes

Egypt deploys a submarine to hunt some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean for the plane's flight recorders.

A submarine that can operate at a depth of 3,000m (10,000 ft) is being deployed in the hunt for the black boxes of a downed EgyptAir flight.

The vessel, which has been enlisted from Egypt's oil ministry, has been sent to search the seabed of the Mediterranean, Egypt's President said.

Flight MS804 came down at 2.45am local time on Thursday, south of the Greek island of Karpathos and north of the Egyptian coast.

It was carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo at the time and is suspected to have crashed into a part of the sea that is several thousand metres deep.

The plane's black boxes are yet to be found but emit a signal for four to five weeks after a crash in water.

Despite his officials previously saying terrorism was the most likely cause, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi said: "All the theories are possible.

"There is no particular theory we can affirm right now."

Ships scouring the sea have already found body parts, personal belongings and wreckage from the Airbus 320.

EgyptAir Holding Company chairman Safwat Moslem said the priority was finding the passengers' remains and the flight recorders.

"The families want the bodies. That is what concerns us. The army is working on this. This is what we are focusing on," he said.


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