Hunt for EgyptAir wreckage likely to fuel debate over swifter data to aid investigators

The lack of early progress in the hunt for the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 is likely to revive debate over measures airlines could take to ensure investigators obtain essential data more quickly in future accidents. More than 36 hours after the plane went down in the Mediterranean Sea, the Egyptian military said searchers had spotted the first pieces of debris. But an international sea-and-air search team of ships, planes and helicopters was still struggling to establish the exact location of the debris field. Even before the latest underwater effort begins in earnest, air-safety experts and accident investigators once again are pushing the industry to embrace available technologies intended to swiftly get data from airliners after an accident or emergency. <br/>