Thursday 19 May 2016

Missing EgyptAir plane: News so far

EgyptAir Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar Thursday morning over the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board. Here is the report so far

-- The cause of the disappearance is more likely terrorism than a technical issue, Egypt's civil aviation minister said.

-- U.S. government officials have an initial theory that a bomb took down the plane. Officials said the theory could change, with one senior administration official cautioning it is not yet supported by a "smoking gun."

-- Greek air traffic control tried to reach the Airbus A320's pilots about two minutes before it disappeared -- but got no response.

-- As the plane left Greek airspace for Egyptian airspace, it swerved sharply and plunged from 37,000 feet down to the Mediterranean, Greece says.

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