“I can’t confirm it is the debris, but it would be reasonable to think it is the debris of this plane,” he said.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. “All I will say is that our embassy in Athens told us that it was contacted by Greek authorities who signalled that they found white and blue debris corresponding to EgyptAir’s colours,” Ehab Badawy told BFM television. The announcement comes as Egypt’s envoy to France said Greek authorities had informed his counterpart in Athens that they had found blue and white debris as part of its search for a missing EgyptAir plane. “Family members of passengers and crew have been already informed and we extend our deepest sympathies to those affected the Egyptian Investigation Team in co-operation with the Greek counterpart are still searching for other remains of the missing plane.” The statement said: “EgyptAir sincerely conveys its deepest sorrow to the families and friends of the passengers onboard Flight MS804. The debris was discovered near the Greek island of Karpathos, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation. We may see a focus on the air-side staff there in the coming days.”ĮgyptAir has released a statement confirming that wreckage of the missing MS804 flight had been found. “It may have been placed on board at Paris, though security is very tight there already. He said: “It’s a real mystery, but it sounds at this early stage that there could have been a device, placed on the plane earlier at another airport in some kind of Lockerbie situation. Phil Giles, a former investigator with the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch, said a ‘Lockerbie-style’ device was a possible culprit. Ground crews and screening staff who were working at Charles de Gaulle and Tunis airports are to be quizzed. Sources said it spent just 90 minutes on the tarmac before setting off from Charles de Gaulle for Cairo. It was on its fifth journey of the day, having already flown from Paris to Cairo and back, and been to Tunisia and Eritrea. The aircraft had previously stopped in Eritrea and Tunisia before the flight from Paris to Cairo on late Wednesday night. Investigators are looking into whether a device was placed on the Airbus A320 from Paris to Cairo before it went missing. This graphic shows the route the EgyptAir flight MS804 had taken in the day before it crashed. The plane's route on the day before it crashed From outside of Egypt, anyone concerned should call+ 202 25989320
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The airline has also provided free contact numbers for families concerned for relatives. The airline said the passengers included 30 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis and one each from Britain, Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria, Canada, Belgium, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia There were 56 passengers on board, including a child and two babies, and 10 crew. Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said the Airbus swerved 90 degrees to the left, spun through 360 degrees to the right and plunged from 37,000 feet to 15,000 before vanishing from Greek radar screens
The plane took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at 11.09pm and went missing at 2.45am on route to Cairo International. Investigators are probing whether a bomb could have been put on the plane at one of its previous stops that day including Eritrea and Tunisia, among other theories as to what caused the plane to crash The cause of the crash is unknown but officials have indicated it may have been a terror attack.
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