Full Coverage: EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea
EgyptAir Flight 804 was carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo early on May 19 when it abruptly disappeared from radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea.
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A troubled economy, a potent Islamist insurgency, mounting concerns over human rights and media freedoms – and now this.
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Automatic messages sent from EgyptAir Flight 804 indicated there was smoke in the cabin shortly before the aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, French investigators said Saturday.
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Body parts, luggage and airplane seats discovered in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday confirmed that EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed into the water but did little to resolve the mystery of what downed the aircraft carrying 66 passengers and crew members.
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Security at European airports came under fresh scrutiny Friday as investigators struggled to explain what caused the EgyptAir crash.
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Some of them were there from the start, waiting to meet their friends or family at Cairo International Airport’s Terminal 3, where EgyptAir Flight 804 was scheduled to arrive at 3:05 a.m. local time.
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Nearly four hours into a flight from Paris to Cairo, an Egyptian passenger plane with 66 people aboard abruptly swerved and plunged thousands of feet before vanishing from radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea, officials said.
