The signal was picked up by a French naval ship with acoustic detection systems searching for the wreckage of the Airbus A320 that went down with 66 people on board on 19 May, the ministry of civil aviation said.
Another ship carrying robots that can dive to the seabed to recover the black boxes is due to arrive at the site within a week, it said.
"Extensive search efforts are being carried out to locate the two data recorders in preparation for their retrieval," the ministry said.
- The black boxes have enough battery power to emit signals for four or five weeks.
The French navy surveillance vessel La Place, which detected the signals, is equipped with three deep-water devices known as Detector 6000s provided by French deep water search firm Alseamar.
Investigators have said it is too soon to determine what caused the disaster although a terror attack has not been ruled out.
France's aviation safety agency has said the aircraft transmitted automated messages indicating smoke in the cabin and a fault in the flight control unit minutes before disappearing from radar screens.
The passengers were 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, two Iraqis, two Canadians, and citizens from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. They included a boy and two babies.
Seven crew and three security personnel were also on board.
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