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EgyptAir flight MS804 disappears from radar

An EgyptAir plane has disappeared from radar on a flight between France and Egypt, the airline has confirmed.

Flight MS804 took off from Paris at 11.09pm on Wednesday local time (9.09am NZT), and was scheduled to land in Cairo at 3.15am on Thursday.

However EgyptAir said in a statement that it had "disappeared from radar".

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-eas ... radar.html

A clarification from EgyptAir

تعديل: اختفت الطائرة بعد الدخول إلى المجال الجوي المصري بـ 10 ميل.

I'm going to sit on my hands and see what the determine the cause is...

Username taken-for those of is who are unfamiliar with Egyptian Arabic would you please translate" clarification from EgyptAir

تعديل: اختفت الطائرة بعد الدخول إلى المجال الجوي المصري بـ 10 ميل."

Just one of those languages I've never learned and never will.

PS. preferably into English.

It is blown up, there would have been some communication otherwise, as it was at altitude

It made it almost all the way to Cairo, must have been in descent.

table42 wrote:Username taken-for those of is who are unfamiliar with Egyptian Arabic would you please translate" clarification from EgyptAir

تعديل: اختفت الطائرة بعد الدخول إلى المجال الجوي المصري بـ 10 ميل."

Just one of those languages I've never learned and never will.

PS. preferably into English.

Sorry, I was just being silly.

The original report was that the plane was 80 K from Egypt/Cairo. The update said that the plane was 10 K into Egyptian air space.

"Edit: plane disappeared after going to the Egyptian airspace 10 miles" - google translate.

10 Km or 10 miles. ??

Username Taken wrote:10 Km or 10 miles. ??

As it is probably spread over 50 square miles, it does not make a difference.

Update:

What we know so far:

* Emergency beacon signal heard by rescuers 90 mins after EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished, reports say
* Jet most likely crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, spokesman for Egyptian civil aviation agency says
* Flight MS804 left Paris at 11.09pm on Wednesday (9.09am NZT), and was scheduled to land in Cairo at 3.15am on Thursday
* The flight lost contact with radar at 2.45am Cairo time, just after it entered Egyptian airspace
* The Airbus 320 was 37,000ft in the air in clear weather when it disappeared from radar
* Passenger list released - there are 56 passengers - including 2 babies and 1 child - and 10 crew members on board the flight
* There were 30 Egyptian, 15 French, 1 British, 1 Belgian, 2 Iraqi, 1 Kuwaiti, 1 Saudi, 1 Sudanese, 1 Chadian, 1 Portuguese, 1 Algerian and 1 Canadian on board

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/801 ... disappears

It seems it is being confirmed it crashed into the Mediterranean sea.

Aviation officials: EgyptAir plane carrying 66 has crashed
[MAGGIE MICHAEL]
May 19, 2016

CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning, Egyptian aviation officials said.

EgyptAir Flight 804 was lost from radar at 2:45 a.m. local time when it was flying at 37,000 feet, the airline said. It said the Airbus A320 had vanished 10 miles (16 kilometers) after it entered Egyptian airspace, around 280km (175 miles) off the country's coastline north of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.

The aviation officials later said the plane crashed and that a search for debris was now underway. The "possibility that the plane crashed has been confirmed," as the plane hasn't landed in any of the nearby airports, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The official said a signal had been picked up from the plane two hours after it disappeared from radar, thought to have been an emergency beacon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/egyptair-say ... 08751.html