flight recorder

For months I studied and plotted the data from the plane’s flight recorder, noting the plane’s altitude, speed, acceleration, and so on, measured during the flight.

As part of the investigation into the incident, the agency confirmed that it’s gathering radar, weather and flight recorder data.

Although data from the flight recorder shows the engines were subsequently restarted, it was too late to prevent the crash.

According to data from the flight recorder, both of the plane's fuel control switches moved from the run to the cut-off position in the space of a second, shortly after take-off.

Investigators have now recovered flight recorder data and are working hard to find out.