Missing EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 on board including one Briton after disappearing from radar as sailors report seeing ‘flame in the sky’.
Sequence of Events
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EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished over the Med at 00.30am GMT after leaving Paris at 9.09pm GMT on Wednesday
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Airline said contact was lost with plane 10 miles into Egyptian air space about 40 minutes before it was due to land
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Airbus A320 was flying at 37,000ft and did not make a distress call before it disappeared off radar, officials say
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There were 56 passengers on board including one Briton, 30 Egyptians, 15 French and one Canadian and 10 crew
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Major search operation underway as French security source says: ‘We cannot rule out possibility of terror attack’
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Egypt Air Flight Lost in the Sky
An Egypt Air flight MS 804 from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the Egyptian airline reported.
The aircraft was flying at 37,000ft (11,300m) when it went missing over the eastern Mediterranean. An official said the plane lost contact with radar at 02:45 Cairo time (00:45 GMT). There are 59 passengers and 10 crew members on board in Flight MS804.
The company said it would issue an update “when more information becomes available”.
