Breaking News! The plane A320 was flying at 37, 000 feet when it disappeared shortly after entering Egyptian airspace with 10 miles. “An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804, which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST), heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar,” posted on Twitter.
BREAKING: Senior Greek air safety official says debris found so far in Mediterranean does not belong to an aircraft.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2016
UPDATE @VASAviation analysis about Egyptair #MS804 https://t.co/4YsFPOJx2N pic.twitter.com/9mudwui5qE
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) May 19, 2016
"It does appear that it was an act of terrorism" — Hillary Clinton comments on #EgyptAir https://t.co/adcI1u7mdu https://t.co/6D71gGvEE4
— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) May 19, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: #EgyptAir VP tells me “all maintenance checks on the plane had been done on time." Aircraft was technically "fine and healthy"
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) May 19, 2016
There were 59 passengers on board and 10 crew members, according to the airline company. Latest updates! According to AP reports, “a Greek safety official says debris spotted floating near the Greek Island of Karpathos is not wreckage from missing EgyptAir Flight 804.”
The said airline stated wreckage had been found, has not provided an update.
Last March this year, EgyptAir Flight 181, operated by Airbus A320-232 was hijacked while on a flight from Alexandria to Cairo. The aircraft, with 81 passengers on board, landed at Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus, where all hostages were released and the hijacker surrendered to authorities.
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