Black box confirms smoke on board EgyptAir flight

A black box recording from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 confirms smoke on board, Egyptian investigators have said.

Data from the flight data recorder has been downloaded and will be analysed, the investigation committee said yesterday.

The Airbus A320 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, killing all 66 people on board. The cause remains unknown and no distress call was made prior to the crash.