A number of media outlets had reported that the Egyptian authorities were going to make a decision yesterday as to whether they'd send the black boxes elsewhere, or do the work in Egypt, but I've yet to see any announcement regarding that decision.
Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Ismail said
"In case the memory units are sent overseas, this will be under Egyptian supervision and for a 24-hour period", although no decision had been made about which country they'd be sent to.
Obviously, they'd need to be under Egyptian supervision as they're the ones who are tasked with conducting the investigation, but the '24 period' smacks of sheer bloody-mindedness. If they don't have the ability to do it, send it to someone who has and give them whatever time they need to do it properly.
Either the decision has been delayed, or they've decided
not to send the black boxes elsewhere as they're in the process of removing salt deposits from over 200 electronic circuits in order to determine what's stopping them from downloading the data.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...in-black-boxes
http://www.wsj.com/articles/egyptair...ata-1466610173
I wonder if
they'll do it in the 24 hours they seemed to think it would take?