French investigators are investigating whether an Egyptian airline (EgyptAir) plane crashed into the Mediterranean in last May after a lithium battery on a pilot's mobile phone and tablet computer overheated and triggered a fire.
There is a "disturbing parallel" between flight 804 and common place in the cockpit fire zone
The pilot of the Airbus A320 put his phone and tablet under strong light.
The SaidLe Parisien newspaper quoted an investigation by the Air Transport military police as saying there was a shield above the dashboard.
However, an aviation expert questioned the theory, saying that the cause of the tragedy was still the fault in the avionics cabin under the cockpit, or caused by a short circuit, or
Industry experts also questioned whether it was reasonable for a pilot to take off on the dashboard with his mobile phone.
France is conducting judicial and civil investigations into the disaster, which killed all 66 people on board the plane en route from Paris to Cairo.
The black box shows the plane disintegrate in the middle.
Air after a fire in the cockpit or nearby-
Maybe under the cabin.
Egyptians say terrorism could be the culprit after reports of explosives found on passenger bodies.
However, the data collected by French investigators showed an unexpected fire in the aircraft's flight area --deck and next-door lavatory.
Initial alarm indicates a series of failures in the right window-
Co-manual flight deck window next
Pilot, message "3044 back
"Right window ice ".
In the adjacent toilet, the smoke alarm followed, and the captain went to co-
The pilot will put out fire.
The CCTV cameras at Charles de Gaulle airport clearly showed personal belongings lying under strong light.
"Shield," said Le Parisien.
"These images make it very clear that the Egyptian Union
The pilot put the phone, tablet and a few bottles of perfume he bought before boarding the plane under strong light --
According to the newspaper.
There is no security issue with the device when co-
The pilot passed the normal airport security control system.
"As a result, investigators note that there is a disturbing parallel relationship between placing these items powered by lithium batteries and triggering alerts during flight," it added.
The stability of lithium batteries has always been the focus of controversy.
Some aircraft are banned and some models in mobile devices are known to overheat and catch fire.
On December 2010, a fire broke out on Air France's flight from Atlanta to Paris, with a lithium battery stuck under its seat. ignited.
On May 2013, another Air France plane from Paris to Sao Paulo, Brazil, also had a small fire on a charging device.
However, the operation and safety editor of Flight International, former pilot David Learmount, said the idea that mobile devices are the reason is a "red fish"
First of all, pilots don't leave objects on the dashboard because they know they fall on their knees when they take off or on the floor, they drop in the turbulence hollow and interfere with the control.
"Also, during the flight, the phone that suddenly caught fire right below the windshield was a pretty spectacular thing and they would tell people on the ground.
No one mentioned this.
"But the point is that when there is a warning about the window heating system, there is also a smoke alarm in the toilet and avionics cabin under the floor.
How did the fire go down?
This is meaningless.
"I guess the small computer in the cabin was damaged by the fire;
And issued a false warning that the box was in fact screaming for help.
"It could have been caused by a short circuit or an explosion," he said.
According to the report, Egypt will return the remains of 15 French passengers from the flight next week.
At a media briefing that was not open to the wider public, French investigators questioned Egypt's claim that explosives might have been placed on the Paris plane.
BEA, the French aviation accident authority, said it believes that "it is not possible at this stage to make any conclusions about the origin of the accident ".
It stated that the Egyptian authorities had failed to provide sufficient detailed information on the conditions under which samples and measures were taken to detect the marks of the explosion.
French investigators did not respond on Friday.
Apple, the maker of iPhone and iPad devices used by pilots, said on Friday that "any agency investigating this tragic incident" had not contacted it, this shows that these companies "do not believe anything involved with our products ".
"We haven't seen the report yet, but we know there is no evidence to link the incident to Apple products.
If the investigators have any questions about us, we will certainly help as much as we can . "
"We conduct rigorous testing of the product to ensure that the product meets or exceeds international safety standards.
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