The NTSB said a preliminary report, to be released within a month, will contain "factual information" gathered in the investigation.

The black box was discovered eight feet underground at the crash site after a two-day search and is in “decent shape,” according to reports.

Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot's device, because it used film and "ran continuously in a light-tight box, hence the name 'black box,'" according to Airbus, which noted that orange was the box's chosen color from the beginning to make it easy to find.