Egyptian officials believe missing EgyptAir plane crashed into sea


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 May 2016

The flight path of EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo is seen on a flight tracking screen May 19, 2016. - Courtesy Flightradar24.com/Handout via Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - An EgyptAir plane missing with 66 people on board probably crashed into the sea, officials from the airline and the Egyptian civil aviation said on Thursday.

The Airbus A320 aircraft flying from Paris to Cairo went missing on Thursday, disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, EgyptAir said earlier.

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