An EgyptAir Flight Has Vanished Over the Mediterranean Sea

EgyptAir flight MS804, which took off toward Cairo
from Paris’ Charles De Gaulle Airport shortly after 11 p.m., has
disappeared with at least 56 passengers on board.
A spokesman for the Egyptian civil aviation agency told SkyNews Arabia that the plane most likely
crashed into the sea, though its whereabouts remain unconfirmed. “It
did not land. That is all we can say for the moment,” a French airport
official reportedly told Reuters.The airline is disseminating information on its missing aircraft via Twitter:



Reuters reported in January that an EgyptAir mechanic, whose cousin joined Islamic State in Syria, is suspected of planting the bomb, according to sources familiar with the matter.
In March, an EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man with what authorities said was a fake suicide belt. He was arrested after giving himself up.
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