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| Egyptair passenger plane goes missing at 37,000 feet near Cairo |
| 2016-05-19 |
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the Egyptian airline says.
It says there are 59 passengers and 10 crew members on board Flight MS804.
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).
| AoS at 1030 ET: moved to 'Africa North' and WoT. Almost certainly a terrorist attack. Fred has a later post with more details. Use this or the later post for comments; mods will put up posts later today if more significant news comes in. Readers who find something on the web should put the link into a comment (use the 'link' button!) and we mods will follow up. Thank you. |
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| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |