BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian Plane With 69 People On Board To Cairo Missing
MEP: An EgyptAir flight 804, traveling from Paris to Cairo, has disappeared with at least 59 passengers and 10 crew members on board.
“An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight No. MS804, which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST), heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar,” the airline said on its Twitter.
Ahmed Abdel, the vice-chairman of EgyptAir holding company, has been speaking to CNN.
He says there was no distress call from the plane.
According to flightradar24.com, the plane was an Airbus A320 and its last known position was above the Mediterranean Sea.
Another tweet said EgyptAir “has contacted the concerned authorities and bodies and inspection is underway through the rescue teams.”
Reuters reported in January that an EgyptAir mechanic, whose cousin joined Islamic State in Syria, is suspected of planting the bomb, according to sources familiar with the matter.
France’s aviation authority could not immediately be reached for comment.
