Devesh
Core Member
Details are still – understandably – sketchy and facts still emerging.
Here is what we know, via EgyptAir’s official statements:
Here is what we know, via EgyptAir’s official statements:
- Flight MS804, en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cairo, has disappeared from radar
- The plane, an Airbus A320, was scheduled to leave Paris at 11.09pm on Wednesday night.
- The airline said contact was lost around 16km/10 miles into Egyptian airspace at 2.45am local time.
- The plane was carrying 59 passengers and 10 crew.
- The plane was travelling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared from radar.
- Search and rescue efforts are underway.
- There is no detail yet on possible reasons for the plane’s disappearance.