- Title: French PM says nothing ruled out on missing EgyptAir flight
- Date: 19th May 2016
- Summary: ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE (MAY 19, 2016) (REUTERS) MEDIA WAITING IN FRONT EGYPTAIR COUNTER AT CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT
- Embargoed: 3rd June 2016 07:59
- Keywords: EgyptAir Valls Cairo Paris flight passengers crew radar MS804
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- Country: France
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0014IH3KNB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: France is ruling nothing out as to why an EgyptAir plane went missing after leaving Paris for Cairo, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Thursday (May 19).
As he spoke on RTL radio, an official at President Francois Hollande's office said the French leader had just spoken to his Egyptian counterpart and that both sides would cooperate closely on the case.
Egypt's national airline said an EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo had disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday.
Officials with the airline and the Egyptian civil aviation department told Reuters they believed the Airbus A320 had crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
The aircraft was carrying 56 passengers, including one child and two infants, and 10 crew, EgyptAir said. They included 30 Egyptian and 15 French nationals, along with nationals from 10 other countries. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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