Thursday, 19 May 2016

EgyptAir flight MS804 disappears from radar between Paris and Cairo – live updates

EgyptAir flight MS804 disappears from radar between Paris and Cairo – live updates


Airline says plane, which took off from France’s Charles de Gaulle airport late on Wednesday night, has gone missing with 66 people onboard







What we know so far

  • Flight MS804, en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cairo, has disappeared from radar.
  • EgyptAir says the plane’s emergency devices – possibly an emergency locator transmitter or beacon – sent a signal that was received at 4.26am local time, two hours after the last radar contact.
  • The plane, an Airbus A320, left Paris at 11.09pm on Wednesday night (21.09 GMT/22.09 BST/07.09am Thursday AEST).
  • The airline said contact was lost around 16km/10 miles inside Egyptian airspace at 2.30am local time (00.30 GMT/01.30 BST/10.30 AEST).
  • The plane was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew: two cockpit crew, five cabin crew, and three security personnel. The airline said two babies and one child were on board.
  • The airline said among the passengers were 30 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, and one each from the UK, Belgium, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria, and Canada.
  • Search and rescue efforts are underway at the site where contact was lost, around 280km (175 miles) north of Egypt’s coast. Greece has joined the search and operation.
 Flight MS804’s last known location
  • The plane, on its fifth journey of the day, was travelling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared from radar.
  • EgyptAir says the captain has 6,275 flying hours, including 2,101 on the A320; the copilot has 2,766. The plane was manufactured in 2003.
  • French prime minister Manuel Valls says “no theory can be ruled out” in investigating the disappearance.
  • There is no detail yet on possible reasons for the plane’s disappearance.
Updated 

Emergency beacon 'detected at 4.26am'

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