EgyptAir says flight from Paris to Cairo with 69 people on board 'has disappeared from radar'

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72. Here it is- confirmed flight ms804 has crashed.

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EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804 MISSING, MAY 19, 2016
Editor's note: Egyptian aviation officials have confirmed to AP that EgyptAir flight MS804 has crashed however no more information is available at this stage, nor has any wreckage been discovered. EgyptAir have reported in arabic on their twitter account that an emergency ping was received from the stricken airliner long after the last radar contact. - Luke

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Revised- update- crash has not been officially confirmed-report came in off the record.

EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804 MISSING, MAY 19, 2016
Editor's note: There's still a great deal of confusion about the fate of EgyptAir flight MS804. We reported earlier that Egyptian aviation officials confirmed to AP that the plane has crashed, however they have revealed that this was said 'off the record' and has not been officially confirmed. There are now also reports that the Egyptian military has denied receiving a distress signal from the plane. It is likely the plane has crashed into the sea - however we can't say that as a matter of certainty at this point. - Luke
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Update: Egyptian PM, civil aviation ministry say 'too early' to officially confirm plane has crashed - Reuters

Aviation officials: EgyptAir plane carrying 66 has crashed

MAGGIE MICHAEL
May 18, 2016



https://www.yahoo.com/news/egyptair-says-plane-carrying-69-disappeared-radar-034408751.html

CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning, Egyptian aviation officials said.

EgyptAir Flight 804 was lost from radar at 2:45 a.m. local time when it was flying at 37,000 feet, the airline said. It said the Airbus A320 had vanished 10 miles (16 kilometers) after it entered Egyptian airspace, around 280km (175 miles) off the country's coastline north of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.

The aviation officials later said the plane crashed and that a search for debris was now underway. The "possibility that the plane crashed has been confirmed," as the plane hasn't landed in any of the nearby airports, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The official said a signal had been picked up from the plane two hours after it disappeared from radar, thought to have been an emergency beacon

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Editor's note: AFP are reporting that a Greek airport source says the EgyptAir plane crashed off the Greek island of Karpathos. Local media reports that eyewitnesses saw a fire ball in the sky. There has been a great deal of confusion over this so far and it has still not been officially confirmed. - Luke
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Egypt's civil aviation minister expected to hold news conference at Cairo airport at 13:30 local time - @sommervilleBBC