Audio from the cockpit voice recorders of FlyDubai flight FZ981 which crashed on Saturday has now been transcribed, the General Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed.

"The AAIS (Air Accident Investigation Sector, UAE) along with the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board, USA), and their technical advisers continue to support the investigation team from the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), which is now in the process of analysing the available data from the flight recorders," the UAE's aviation regulator said.

"The harmonised efforts deployed by experts from IAC, AAIS, NTSB, FAA (Federal Aviation Administration, USA), and Boeing will be very helpful during the course of the investigation," GCAA director general Saif Mohamed Al Suwaidi said.

The cockpit voice recorder group convened on Tuesday afternoon to initiate the analysis of the recordings.

Meanwhile the aircraft wreckage was also moved to a secure area where another investigation group is currently carrying out an initial examination, it added.

Ismail Al Hosani, Assistant Director General of the Air Accident Investigation Sector, GCAA, said, "As of today all of the wreckage has been collected from the accident site and transported to a hangar for initial examination. The wreckage will be sorted and any parts that may require forensic examination will be identified."

Source:WAM