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Airbus Ready to Assist in Analyzing Russian A321 Flight Data Recorders

© REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El GhanyAn Egyptian army soldier stands guard near debris from a Russian airliner at its crash siteat the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1, 2015
An Egyptian army soldier stands guard near debris from a Russian airliner at its crash siteat the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Airbus multinational company's spokesman said that company's experts are ready to assist investigators in decoding the flight data recorder recovered at the Russia's flight 7K9268 crash site in Egypt.

Debris belonging to the A321 Russian airliner are seen at the site of the crash in Wadi el-Zolmat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 1, 2015 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW(Sputnik) – The Airbus multinational company is ready to assist investigators in decoding the flight data recorder recovered at the flight 9268 crash site in Egypt, Airbus spokesman Stefan Schaffrath told Sputnik on Sunday.

Two Kogalymavia Airbus A321 black boxes had been found at the crash site in the central Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian media reports claimed an Egyptian-Russian-French team began decoding the data stored in the flight recorders earlier on Sunday.

“We stand ready to support with reading out the data, for now our experts are in Cairo to support on the technical side,” Schaffrath said.

The Airbus spokesman added that its systems and structures experts have the capability to rebuild the aircraft.

An Emergencies Ministry counselor helps a relative of Flight 9268 passengers at Pulkovo airport, the destination of the Kogalymavia Airlines Airbus A321 en route from Sharm el-Sheikh - Sputnik International
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Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov is leading the inter-departmental working group on the ground. Airbus is joined by French, German and Irish aviation authorities in investigating the circumstances of the flight 9268 crash.

The Kogalymavia Airbus disappeared from radars 23 minutes after takeoff from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh en route to St. Petersburg. All 217 passengers and seven crew members on board were confirmed dead.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi said earlier the investigation may take months to conclude.

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