Signals detected in EgyptAir search

The French navy hydrographic survey ship Laplace has picked up signals believed to be from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804. The ship is using deep-water Detector-6000s to locate the flight recorders’ signals

MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Levantine Basin
Elevationcrosssection
Crete
Kasos
Herodotus Plain
Strabo Trench
Cairo
Athens
Alexandria
CYPRUS
TURKEY
GREECE
EGYPT
LIBYA

Flight from Paris to Cairo had 66 people on board
Last recorded position: 37,000ft (11,000m)
60 miles
100km

Elevation cross section (metres)
Mainland Greece
Kasos
Egypt
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
Strabo Trench
Herodotus Plain
Depth: 3,000m

32cm
ULB

DETECTOR-6000
Can pick up “pings” from ULB (underwater locator beacon) over distances of up to 5km

Cockpit Voice Recorder

Sources: FlightRadar24, Alseamar, Google Earth