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Lt. j.g. Hall watches as FBI Agent Duback tags the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir Flight 990 on the USS Grapple.
U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jason S. Hall (right) watches as FBI Agent Duback (left) tags the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir Flight 990 on the deck of the USS Grapple (ARS 53) at the crash site on Nov. 13, 1999. The flight recorder will be flown to Washington, D.C., where National Transportation Safety Board personnel will analyze the recording for clues to the plane's crash. The recorder was found by the remotely operated vehicle Deep Drone operating from the USS Grapple.