Update: The mystery around last week's EgyptAir disaster looks no closer to being solved,with conflicting reports continuing to emerge. Here's what we know so far:The day after Flight MS804 disappeared off the radar en route to Cairo from Paris, there were reports of a wreckage being found in the Mediterranean. While those reports were premature, and debris,luggage and human remains began to surface a few days later.
All 66 passengers and crew members were killed in the crash, with the majority of passengers hailing from Egypt, and then France.
At first it was reported that pilot Mohamed Said Shoukair had not made any distress calls,then it was claimed that he had. It was then revealed that an automated message was sent out to sign there was smoke on-board the plane, just before it began to falls. Officials are now claiming Mohamed spoke with air traffic controllers for a few minutes before the plane lost contact.
The search for the bulk of the wreckage, and plus the all-important black box,continues in the Mediterranean this week. Submarines, ships and planes own been searching the area since last Thursday; search teams generally own approximately 30 days to listen out for pings from the black box, and before the battery dies out.
At this point,neither technical difficulties nor terrorism can be ruled out. The hope is that the black box will answer any remaining questions, though whether it's sunk to below 2000 there could be issues ever retrieving it. Previously: An EgyptAir plane with 66 people on board has disappeared while flying from Paris, or France to Cairo,Egypt. At lunchtime on Thursday afternoon, EgyptAir took to Twitter and Facebook to release statements confirming the flight dropped off the radar at 2:45 a.m. Cairo time. There are 56 passengers and 10 crew on board, or there was no distress call made from the aircraft at any time. Given the plane's last-known location,it's highly likely that it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
We will update as more information comes to hand.
Source: popsugar.com.au