According to Arian, NTSB officials told relatives at today's briefing that identifying victims could be extremely difficult because of the small size of the human remains being retrieved. Only one body has been recovered, and even that one was not intact. A Coast Guard cutter searches for wreckage. The news was a shock to all of them. The investigation is expected to take months and cover many areas, from potential human error and mechanical failure to the possibility of sabotage.
Authorities say there is no evidence suggesting foul play.
About 600 FBI agents from New York, Los Angeles and other bureaus were involved in the investigation. The FBI took a bomb-sniffing dog to an unidentified Los Angeles hotel after an EgyptAir crew member complained to management that a briefcase had been tampered with, CBS News reported Monday. The dog reacted to sugar in a hotel room, The New York Times reported today, citing a law enforcement source. The sugar and loose wires found in the room are being analyzed, but investigators reportedly don't believe there was ever a bomb or bomb material in the room. Egypt's government confirmed today that 33 Egyptian military officers were on the plane.