UPDATE: DEBRIS FOUND NOT AIRPLANE —- EgyptAir Flight 804

by The Right Scoop

There isn’t much known about this other than the fact that an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo went missing about 10 miles after it entered Egyptian airspace:

The flight “left the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris at 11:21 pm local and was scheduled to arrive at Cairo International Airport at 2:55 am local”, according to Breaking News.

Here’s a CNN report on the weather during the flight:

It sounds like the weather was only a factor at the beginning of the flight, not towards the end.

The translation is rough, but this is what a Russian news site said about the plane:

As reported by TASS, the plane was supposed to land in Cairo more than an hour and a half ago, and while in the air, so far, completely spent all the fuel. According to some sources, before losing connection, the crew reported smoke from under the cockpit.

I don’t know if that’s true or not, but just wanted to put it out there.

We’ll update as more develops…

UPDATE!!

There was a report that there was a distress signal from the plane, but there are many conflicting reports. One said it was ten minutes before it disappeared, another said it was two hours AFTER it disappeared.

Here’s a report:

Also there are unconfirmed reports that merchant ships in the area saw an explosion in the sky right about the time the plane disappeared.

UPDATE:

Here’s a report about the distress signal:

 
UPDATE: Here’s what we know now, and it isn’t too much more:

Egyptian officials suggest is more likely terrorism than a problem with the plane. But that is speculation and remains to be proven in some fashion.

HERE’S MORE:

UPDATE: There may be some debris found and military radar suggests the plane went down fast:

 
UPDATE: The wreckage has been found near the greek island of Karpathos:

 
UPDATE: According to ABC News, the debris found is not from an airplane:

A senior Greek air safety official says the debris found so far in the Mediterranean Sea does not belong to an aircraft.

An EgyptAir Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, and authorities have been scouring a wide area south of Crete to look for plane debris.

But Athanassios Binis, head of Greece’s Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board, told state ERT TV that “an assessment of the finds showed that they do not belong to an aircraft.” He says Thursday this has been confirmed by Egyptian authorities.

Greek military officials say a Greek C-130 military transport plane is still participating in the search for debris from the EgyptAir jet, but a frigate initially sent to the area has been recalled. The same officials say all potential debris located so far in the sea has been spotted by Egyptian aircraft.


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