The cockpit voice recorder of Air France Flight 447. Officials from France's aviation accident investigation agency, the  (BEA), announced on Tuesday that they had recovered the (CVR) of . It was located and brought to the surface by a Remora 6000 unmanned submarine, then taken aboard the Île de Sein, one of the vessels taking part in the recovery and salvage efforts. With the recovery of both recorders, which are reported to be "in good condition", French officials hope to determine what caused the to crash into the  on June 1, 2009, when it departed Rio de Janeiro's before it was lost 600 miles (965 km) off the coast of Brazil en route to Paris' with 228 passengers and crew on board. However, chief operating officer of the International Bureau of Aviation, Phil Seymour, speaking to  , believes the memory unit will not be of much use to investigators saying because of the depth it was located at, "If you were to throw a computer into the ocean, imagine how all the parts would eventually split and you have the corrosive effects of seawater and the depths involved." Seymour believes the wreckage will help reveal what happened as more is recovered. File photo of the Airbus A330-200 (F-GZCP) involved in the accident "It may be that the more wreckage they find will help them to piece it all together, which bit by bit could help them build a picture of what caused the plane to come down," he added.
The cockpit voice recorder of Air France Flight 447. Officials from France's aviation accident investigation agency, the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA), announced on Tuesday that they had recovered the (CVR) of Air France Flight 447. It was located and brought to the surface by a Remora 6000 unmanned submarine, then taken aboard the Île de Sein, one of the vessels taking part in the recovery and salvage efforts. With the recovery of both recorders, which are reported to be "in good condition", French officials hope to determine what caused the to crash into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, when it departed Rio de Janeiro's before it was lost 600 miles (965 km) off the coast of Brazil en route to Paris' with 228 passengers and crew on board. However, chief operating officer of the International Bureau of Aviation, Phil Seymour, speaking to CNN , believes the memory unit will not be of much use to investigators saying because of the depth it was located at, "If you were to throw a computer into the ocean, imagine how all the parts would eventually split and you have the corrosive effects of seawater and the depths involved." Seymour believes the wreckage will help reveal what happened as more is recovered. File photo of the Airbus A330-200 (F-GZCP) involved in the accident "It may be that the more wreckage they find will help them to piece it all together, which bit by bit could help them build a picture of what caused the plane to come down," he added.
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