EgyptAir black box found by search teams

The cockpit voice recorder from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been found by search teams, authorities say.

The cockpit voice recorder from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been found by search teams forced to salvage the damaged device over several stages.

Egyptian authorities said on Thursday a specialist vessel owned by Mauritius-based Deep Ocean Search had been able to recover the memory unit.

"The vessel's equipment was able to salvage the part that contains the memory unit, which is considered the most important part of the recording device," according to a statement issued by Egyptian committee investigating the disaster.

Egypt's public prosecutor was informed and ordered the recovered device, one of two so-called black boxes on the plane, be handed over for analysis.

BREAKING NEWS: Egypt's court sentences three AlJazeera journalists to 7‎years in jail

Imprisoned Al jazeera journalists; Mohammed Fahmy, Peter Greste - 7 years in jail; Baher Mohamed- 10 years in jail.

An Egyptian Court on Monday morning sentenced three AlJazeera journalists to jail. The court found Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed guilty of reporting false news and associating with the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Aljazeera had denied the allegations and the world has accused Egyptian authorities of simply clamping down on media freedom.

The twitter hashtag #Free‎AJStaff has been used globally to demand the release of the journalists who have been held since December, 2013.

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