Passengers heading from Paris to Cairo reflect on missing EgyptAir plane

Record ID: 102926

  • Title: Passengers heading from Paris to Cairo reflect on missing EgyptAir plane
  • Date: 19th May 2016
  • Summary: ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE (MAY 19, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DEPARTURE BOARD SHOWING FLIGHT TO CAIRO PASSENGER GOING THROUGH CURTAIN TO CHECK IN SCREEN ABOVE CHECK-IN DESK SHOWING EGYPTAIR LOGO PASSENGER GOING THROUGH CURTAIN SCREEN ABOVE CHECK-IN DESK SHOWING EGYPTAIR LOGO MEDIA AND PASSENGERS GATHERED IN CHECK-IN ZONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) EGYPTIAN NATIONAL JUDO TEAM COACH WHO WAS BOARDING PLANE, BASEM AWAD, SAYING: "You know I was supposed to travel on the other plane last night, but I had guys and then I changed it for today, and the guys will come back tomorrow to Egypt on tomorrow's flight." EGYPTIAN NATIONAL JUDO TEAM COACH BASEM AWAD TALKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) EGYPTIAN NATIONAL JUDO TEAM COACH WHO WAS BOARDING PLANE, BASEM AWAD, SAYING: "It must be so lucky. Yeah, it must be so lucky." AIRPORT WORKER OPENING CURTAIN (SOUNDBITE) (French) EGYPTIAN STUDENT STUDYING IN PARIS TAKING FLIGHT, AYA DARWISH, SAYING: "I thought about putting it off until tomorrow or the day after, but I thought there's no point. We just have to carry on doing what we want." EGYPTAIR LOGO (SOUNDBITE) (English) RETURNING EGYPTIAN HOLIDAY MAKER, MOHAMED SHOKEIR, SAYING: "Well I feel personally affected because a human being died, you know, or something happened to another human being. So that's the sad part about it. But being afraid, like riding planes or something like that, no, because accidents happen with cars, bikes, whatever, you know." SIGN FOR BOARDING AREA (SOUNDBITE) (French) RETURNING EGYPTIAN HOLIDAY MAKER, ALAIN ABEN, SAYING: "Not at all. I think there will be more security, given what's just happened." MEDIA AND PASSENGERS GATHERED
  • Embargoed: 3rd June 2016 14:37
  • Keywords: EgyptAir Egypt Paris Mediterranean plane crash Airbus
  • Location: ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE
  • City: ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014IH5GLJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Passengers boarding an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo on Thursday (May 19) said they felt sad and lucky to be alive, reflecting on the news that the airline's Flight MS804 went missing after a mid-air plunge.
    The EgyptAir jet, carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, disappeared from radars over the Mediterranean Sea early on Thursday. French President Francois Hollande confirmed the aircraft "came down and is lost".
    "You know I was supposed to travel on the other plane last night," said Basem Awad, the Egyptian National Judo Team coach, adding, "It (I) must be so lucky."
    Other passengers said that, in spite of the tragedy, life had to go on.
    "We just have to carry on doing what we want," said Aya Darwish, an Egyptian student.
    "Being afraid, like riding planes or something like that, no, because accidents happen with cars, bikes, whatever, you know," said tourist Mohamed Shokeir.
    Greek state television reported that authorities have found aircraft parts in the sea during the search for the missing aircraft.
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