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Old May 31, 2016, 5:47 am
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Multiple news sources are reporting that a distress signal was picked up by satellites minutes after the airliner disappeared from radar.

Distress signal from EgyptAir flight 804 confirmed by authorities in Cairo and US (Guardian)
EgyptAir Flight MS804 Sent Distress Signal Before Crashing, Officials Confirm (Huffington Post UK)
Officials: Investigators received EgyptAir distress signal (USA Today)
EgyptAir crash: doomed plane’s distress signal 'picked up by satellites' (Euronews)

Bloomberg first reported this on 27 May.
Satellites Captured Doomed EgyptAir Jet's Distress Signals
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