investigators into the EgyptAir crash in May think the reason lies in the aircraft's technical systems, rather than sabotage

A black box recorder from the doomed Egyptair flight that crashed over the Mediterranean killing all 66 on board has revealed smoke was detected in one of the toilets.

The Airbus A320 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo in May, with the cause of the crash unknown.

Search teams managed to salvage both of the so-called black box flight recorders and investigators have been analysing the information from the data recorder.

No explanation for the disaster has been ruled out, but current and former aviation officials increasingly believe the reason lies in the aircraft's technical systems, rather than sabotage.

The Paris prosecutor's office opened a manslaughter investigation on Monday but said it was not looking into terrorism as a possible cause of the crash at this stage.

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