Last night, EgyptAir Flight MS804 carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris, France to Cairo, Egypt disappeared off of radar.
An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Last known contact of the plane at 2:45 a.m. Egypt time. The plane was 10 miles into Egyptian airspace over the Mediterranean Sea when it disappeared.
.@EGYPTAIR stating #MS804 has "disappeared from radar". FR24 flight track: https://t.co/6tH4GQzOWU pic.twitter.com/NteMuuFj1O
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 19, 2016
Last received ADS-B position from #MS804 with Egyptian FIR (Egyptian airspace) boundary overlay. pic.twitter.com/TCGyEM6zT7
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 19, 2016
Greek officials say searches in the Mediterranean have located two orange items believed to be from the downed EgyptAir plane.
Greek military official says search plane has located two orange items believed to be from the EgyptAir flight. https://t.co/MMPZYyPdHM
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2016
French prosecutors have opened an official investigation, and President Francois Hollande said that “no hypothesis is ruled out or favored.” When the Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail was asked if this crash could have been a terrorist attack he said “we can’t preclude or confirm anything yet.”
About Flight MS804:
- Flight MS804 left Charles De Gaulle Airport at 11:09 pm Paris time
- The plane had a flying altitude of 37,000 feet
- There were clear skies where the plane went missing
- Greece’s defense minister said plane “fell 22,000 feet, spun sharply, then disappeared”
- The aircraft disappeared about 174 miles off the Egyptian coast
- There was no distress call by the crew
- A distress signal was sent from plane’s “emergency device” just before 4:30 a.m. local time — two hours after the aircraft disappeared from radar
- There were 56 passengers, including one child and two babies
- There were three EgyptAir security personnel on board as well as seven cabin crew members
The missing #EgyptAir flight was carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo https://t.co/ouaSTxtdoK pic.twitter.com/F2eUPexuGS
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) May 19, 2016
Greece’s Aviation Department’s Timeline of Flight MS804
https://twitter.com/Drew_BolleaNC9/status/733252978690379776/photo/1
About the Plane and the Pilot:
- EgyptAir flight MS804 was an Airbus A320-232 operated by SU-GCC
- The Airbus A320 was built in 2003
- The aircraft had accumulated about 48,000 flight hours
- It was on its fifth journey of the day.
- The captain has 6,275 flying hours, including 2,101 on the A320
- The copilot has 2,766 flying hours
“They didn’t give us any hope,” said a man who has four relatives on board the ill-fated plane. “They told us that the plane fell into the sea.”
Specs of the Airbus A320-232.
https://twitter.com/MentalityMag/status/733275824321929217
Search operations have been conducted in the Mediterranean Sea.
Latest video of the #EgyptAir #MS804 sea search operations pic.twitter.com/AKB7RvebAV
— MarineTraffic (@MarineTraffic) May 19, 2016
This is the flight history for MS804 for May 18.
In March, an EgyptAir flight from Alexandria to Cyprus was hijacked.
Egypt’s aviation minister said the “possibility of a terror attack as cause of EgyptAir crash ‘stronger’ than technical failure.”
BREAKING: Egypt's aviation minister: Possibility of a terror attack as cause of EgyptAir crash "stronger" than technical failure.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2016
Then there is this speculation from an alleged expert:
Leading terrorism expert tells Fairfax Media he believes the #EgyptAir plane was "almost certainly bombed" https://t.co/e8w2jNSHvX
— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) May 19, 2016
As well as this commentary:
JOHN ROSE: Multiple terrorism scenarios possible in missing #EgyptAir Flight MS804https://t.co/3vQfrfyTn1
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) May 19, 2016
Then there is this unsettling report from last November stating that dozens of Paris airport workers were on the terror watch list could be intriguing for some.