Analysis of the data could provide crucial clues about the causes of the crash in which the plane hit an apartment building about a kilometer from the airport.
The ministry also said that German officials had arrived in Lithuania to take part in the investigation. The authorities are also awaiting the arrival of experts from the United States and Spain.
According to the head of the national police, Arunas Paulauskas, the investigation at the scene of the accident could take two or three days.
Lithuania has opened a criminal investigation into the accident, while Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte urged people not to “draw hasty conclusions” while the investigation is ongoing.
“We must now seriously ask ourselves whether this was an accident or another hybrid incident“, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, however, subsequently indicated that there was “no discovery” indicating the presence of an explosive charge on board the plane which could have caused the accident.
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