EgyptAir Flight 804 From Paris To Cairo With 66 People Onboard Goes Missing
The plane disappeared from radar while flying over the Mediterranean Sea.
By Sadho Ram — 19 May 2016, 12:27 PM
Missing EgyptAir Flight 804 is believed to have crashed
According to several reports circulating on the western news media sites, the disappeared EgyptAir Flight 804, which was en route from Paris to Cairo, has crashed into the sea off the southern Greek island of Karpathos while in Egyptian airspace.
Additionally, Airbus, the manufacturer, said the A320 operated by EgyptAir "was lost", confirming that the missing flight has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, The Independent reported.
"Our concerns go to all those affected," a spokesperson said. "In line with ICAO annex 13, Airbus stands-by ready to provide full technical assistance to French Investigation Agency - BEA - and to the Authorities in charge of the investigation."
While TIME said "security analysts are suggesting" that a terror attack "might have downed the plane", EgyptAir has tweeted saying that it...
..."denies all misleading information published by news websites and social media channels regarding the reasons of the disappearance of EGYPTAIR flight MS804 and the company confirms that the reason of disappearance hasn't been yet confirmed".
Contrary to previous reports saying there are 69 people onboard the flight , the commercial jet was only carrying 66 people onboard
Relatives of passengers on the vanished EgyptAir flight wait for information.
Image via Amr Nabil/APAn EgyptAir flight that took off from Paris' Charles De Gaulle Airport for Cairo has disappeared from radar. There were 56 passengers and 10 crew members onboard the Flight MS804, EgyptAir said.
EGYPTAIR A320 was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
While saying the concerned authorities had been notified, and SAR teams were now looking for the plane, EgyptAir added it would issue an update "when more information becomes available"
At the time of writing this, Flight 804 has now been missing for more than three and half hours. It was due to land nearly 2 hours ago.