EgyptAir Flight MS8o4 was on fire prior to its crash, Blackbox records show

The mystery behind the crash of EgyptAir Flight MS804 is gradually being resolved as data from the black box recorders are being analyzed. The data reveal that the crew of the flight frantically made efforts to extinguish a fire in the airplane prior to its descent into the Mediterranean Sea.

The recent revelation is consistent with an earlier revelation which suggested that smoke was detected in the toilet. According to the earlier revelation by the team of investigators, "recorded data is showing consistency with SCARS messages of lavatory and avionics smoke."

EgyptAir Flight MS804 was on its journey from Charles De Gualle Airport, Paris to Egypt when it went of the radar. It was noted that before the plane plunged into the sea, it made a frighting maneuvering of about 270 degrees, and lost communication with the control room around 2,45am Cairo time while halfway between the Greek Island of Crete and the Egypt air space.

Earlier suggestions by pundits, including US Republican Party Nominee Donald Trump, attributed the crash to terrorism. However, this was before the flight's black boxes were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea on Friday 17 June 2016 almost one month after the crash after an intensive search effort.

The recorders referred collectively as the black box are components of an aeroplane that record both the cockpit communications as well as mechanical and electrical developments while an airplane is airborne. Usually the last part of a damaged airplane that gets destroyed. It offers a glimpse into the possible cause of a crash.

The Black box (the flight date recorder and cockpit voice recorder) of Flight MS804 (Egyptair Airbus A320) was recovered "extensively damaged",  thus was in need of some repairs before the data could be analysed. The black box was taken to Paris for the repairs at the laboratories belonging to BEA Aircraft Accident Agency (a French company), and was significantly repaired to an extent that it was possible to analyze the data contained therein.

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The cause of the crash is titling towards a "fire outbreak" mishap, but it is not yet concluded what could have caused the fire outbreak in the toilet of the Airbus A320. In any case, no terrorist organization has claimed responsibility of the incident yet.