Egypt investigator says French specialist vessel to join black box search today

Egypt's air accidents chief said on Thursday that a vessel provided by French company Alseamar, which specialises in marine wreckage searches, will join within hours the hunt for the black boxes from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804.

Ayman al-Moqadem said negotiations were also underway to contract a second firm to help in the search.

The search for the emergency locator transmitter is also underway and focused on a 5 km area, he added.