EgyptAir Flight MS804 Has Crashed Into Mediterranean, Officials Say
The flight from Paris to Cairo had 66 people aboard.
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An EgyptAir plane that disappeared from radar early Thursday is believed to havecrashed into the Mediterranean Sea, officials told the Reuters news agency.
EgyptAir Flight 804 departed Paris at 11:09 p.m., and was scheduled to land at 3:05 a.m., Cairo local time. It was at 37,000 feet when it vanished from radar at around2:45 a.m. Cairo time. The Airbus A320 had been flying for about 3 hours and 44 minutes, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.
Flight MS804 was reportedly carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew. Earlier the airline said 59 passengers were aboard but then revised the figure.
- 15 French
- 30 Egyptian
- 1 British
- 1 Belgium
- 2 Iraqis
- 1 Kuwaiti
- 1 Saudi
- 1 Sudanese
- 1 Chadian
- 1 Portuguese
- 1 Algerian
- 1 Canadian
Search and rescue teams are currently looking for the crash site and any survivors, Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said.
Relatives of passengers seeking more information can call +202-2598-9320 from outside Egypt. The French Foreign Ministry has also released an emergency phone number to call for information: +33 1 43 17 55 95.
#MS804 was right on its typical air route, as shown by@flightradar24 data. It normally continued on the red line.
.@EGYPTAIR reporting that flight #MS804 from CDG to CAI has "disappeared from radar." Last @flightradar24 info:
In March, an EgyptAir flight with 81 people flying from Alexandria, Egypt to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man with fake suicide belt. No one was harmed. The man, who a Cyprus official said seemed unstable, was arrested. Authorities didn’t classify the incident as terrorism.
In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off New England, killing 217 people. Investigators said the first officer likely intentionally crashed the airliner.
