The Levantine Sea surrounds Cyrus and is believe to be where EgyptAir 804 found it's last destination.

The greatest depth of the Levantine Sea is 4384 meters is found in the Pliny Trench, about 80 km south of Crete. The Levantine Sea stretches over an area of 320,000 km². The northern part of the Levantine Sea between Cyprus and Turkey is called Cilician Sea.

4384 meters is a 14383.2 feet depth. That translates into 2.72 miles. It is time to retrieve the black boxes without excuses.


31 May 2016
By Guardian staff

Egyptian authorities (click here) have confirmed a distress signal was received from EgyptAir flight 804 when it crashed in the Mediterranean with 66 people on board.
A US official from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also said an emergency beacon was picked up by satellites minutes after the airliner disappeared from radar on 19 May as it flew from Paris to Cairo, according to reports.
A posting on Egypt’s State Information Service website said investigators had “received satellite reports indicating receiving an electronic distress call from the plane’s emergency locator transmitter (ELT)”. The co-ordinates were being used to narrow down the search area, the statement said....