Data Cockpit Voice Recorder MH17 Downloaded

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THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, July 24 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    On Tuesday  22 July 2014 at 22:00 in Kiev, Ukraine, the flight data and

cockpit voice recorders  (the 'black boxes') from the Malaysian Airlines flight

17 were taken into custody by the Dutch ambassador and a team of investigators

led by the Dutch Safety Board. The Dutch Safety Board requested that the Air

Accident Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom (AAIB) perform the data

download from both the recorders. The recorders were transported to the AAIB's

laboratory at Farnborough, arriving 23rd July in the early morning.

    An international team of investigators has conducted a thorough examination

of the Cockpit Voice Recorder. The Cockpit Voice Recorder was damaged but the

memory module was intact. Furthermore no evidence or indications of

manipulation of the Cockpit Voice Recorder was found. Following the

examination, the Cockpit Voice Recorder data was successfully downloaded and

contained valid data from the flight. The downloaded data has to be further

analysed and investigated.

    A thorough analysis of the information obtained will take time, the results

of this will be included in the investigation. Tomorrow the team will start the

examination of the Flight Data Recorder. This will show whether this recorder

also contains relevant information, in which case the data from both recorders

will be combined.

    SOURCE:  Dutch Safety Board