- Title: Exteriors of Cairo airport after plane disappearance
- Date: 19th May 2016
- Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MAY 19, 2016)(REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE CAIRO AIRPORT ARRIVALS HALL SECURITY INSIDE AIRPORT HALL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE ARRIVALS HALL
- Embargoed: 3rd June 2016 07:09
- Keywords: EgyptAir missing plane MS804 Paris Cairo airport
- Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
- City: CAIRO, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0014IH3CQV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo went missing on Thursday (May 19), disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's national airline said.
Officials with the airline and the Egyptian civil aviation department told Reuters they believed the Airbus A320 probably crashed into the sea.
Aboard the flight were 30 Egyptians, 15 French nationals, one Briton and one Belgian.
Families of passengers rushed to Cairo International Airport shortly after dawn while the Egyptian and Greek military scrambled aircraft and boats to search for the plane.
Tweets by EgyptAir said the plane, which was travelling at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,280 metres), disappeared in Egyptian air space at 02:30 a.m., some 280 kms (165 miles) from the Egyptian coastline, before it was due to land at 03:15 a.m.
Egyptian state newspaper Ahram reported no distress call was made and the last contact was 10 minutes before the plane disappeared. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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