Updates: EgyptAir Plane Crash
Rachael Levitt May 20, 2016
Updated 5/20 2 p.m. EST:
A multinational coalition is searching for what may remain of EgyptAir Flight 804 after the aircraft lost contact with both radar and air traffic controllers mid-flight. The Airbus A320 disappeared on Wednesday, May 18, during a flight between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Cairo International Airport (CAI). The aircraft was at a cruising altitude of around 37,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea.
What’s being described as “body parts,” personal belongings and aircraft seats have been discovered.
Via the BBC:
“Items including seats and luggage have also been retrieved by Egyptian search crews. The debris was discovered about 290km (180 miles) north of Alexandria, the Egyptian military said. European Space Agency satellites spotted an oil slick in the area where the flight had vanished but the organisation said there was no guarantee it was from the missing plane.
There were 56 passengers from 12 different countries, with 30 Egyptians and 15 French nationals among them. There were also seven crew members and three Egyptian security staff on board.”
A list of victims is documented here.
For more on this story, visit the BBC.
[Screengrab via NBC News]
