UPDATE 5:10 P.M. EST: EgyptAir retracted their statement that plane wreckage has been found; Greek officials say the debris in question “does not come from a plane.”
UPDATE 12:56 P.M. EST: Searchers in the Mediterranean Sea have found the wreckage of Flight MS804, according to EgyptAir Vice President Ahmed Adel.
Early Thursday morning, an EgyptAir passenger plane went missing while it was traveling from Paris to Cairo.
It’s said that the flight took off around 11:09 p.m. CEST and vanished from the radar about 10 miles into the Egyptian airspace while cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet.
It has since been stated by the French government that the flight has crashed, though EgyptAir has yet to confirm.
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At the time of the plane’s disappearance, the airline took to Twitter and wrote:
An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
How does a plane just disappear? They continued:
An EGYPTAIR official declared that EGYPTAIR A320 aircraft in its flight number MS804 lost contact with radar above the Mediterranean Sea.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
about 280 KM from the Egyptian seacoast at 02:30 am CLT as the flight was expected to arrive Cairo Airport at 03:15 am CLT.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Egyptian authorities confirmed that search efforts were being conducted over the Mediterranean Sea. However, French President Francois Hollande stated on his Twitter account that the flight “was lost and that it has crashed.”
What’s concerning is that the conditions to fly were said to be clear and calm. Huh.
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Reportedly, the Airbus A320 had about 66 passengers on board — which includes two infants and a 10 person crew. The airline has since confirmed more details regarding those aboard the plane as they shared:
the passengers’ nationalities are as follows:
– 15 French
– 30 Egyptian
– 1 British
– 1 Belgium
– 2 Iraqis
– 1 Kuwaiti
– 1 Saudi
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 201
– 1 Sudanese
– 1 Chadian
– 1 Portuguese
– 1 Algerian
– 1 Canadian
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
While several theories have circulated about exactly what’s happened to the plane, the company has urged everyone following this story to abide by their official press releases for information regarding the case. They noted :
Press Release No 7
EGYPTAIR denies all misleading information published by news websites and social media channels regarding the reasons
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
of the disappearance of EGYPTAIR flight MS804 and the company confirms that the reason of disappearance hasn’t been yet confirmed.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
EGYPTAIR Calls for media resources to be assured of the information they post or release
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
and to abide by the official press releases issued by EGYPTAIR media center.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Stay tuned for more details surrounding this upsetting story.
[Image via Twitter.]
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