Searchers recovered the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir Flight 804, Egyptian officials said Thursday, putting investigators closer to figuring out why the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month.

A specialized vessel, the John Lethbridge, belonging to Deep Ocean Search Ltd., was able to locate and recover the cockpit voice recorder, one of the plane’s black boxes. The device was damaged, but the memory unit that retains two hours of conversations from the cockpit was retrieved, Egyptian officials said.

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