Investigation Committee Holds Meeting on A321 Crash Site in Egypt

All members of the investigation committee on the Kogalymavia's flight 9268 catastrophe in Egypt have taken part in a meeting at the crash site, the local MENA news agency reported Tuesday, citing an Egyptian government source.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — The committee includes experts from Egypt, Russia, France, Germany and Ireland.

On October 31, an Airbus A321 operated by the Russian airline Kogalymavia crashed in the Sinai Peninsula en route to St. Petersburg from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

"A decoding of the two 'black boxes' will commence under the control of the Egyptian committee formed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation… immediately after the inspection of the accident site and the analysis of the collected data are carried out," the media reported.

Preparation of a report based on the flight data recorders recovered from the crashed Kogalymavia plane will take from between one and four weeks, spokesman for the Egyptian government Hossam Kawish said Tuesday.

The tragedy has become the largest civilian aircraft disaster in Russian and Soviet history.