“Large floating objects” found in the search area for missing #EgyptAir flight.
Greek TV also says that debris has been spotted in the search area for #EgyptAir #MS804.
Greece finds two bodies floating in search area for #MS804 #EgyptAir
A Greek frigate searching for a missing Egyptair aircraft discovered two large plastic floating objects in a sea area 230 miles south of the island of Crete on Thursday, Greek defence sources said.
The two objects appeared to be pieces of plastic in white and red. They were spotted close to an area where a transponder signal was emitted earlier, the sources said.
“There have been finds southeast of Crete, inside the Cairo flight information area,” general staff spokesman Vassilis Beletsiotis said, adding that an Egyptian C-130 plane had spotted the floating objects, and ships would be sent to investigate.
The EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning.
Flight MS804 says Airbus A320 Flight 804 carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew disappeared from radar early Thursday morning. The airline said Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo vanished 2:45 a.m. Egypt time.
The plane was an Airbus A320 and that its last known position was above the Mediterranean Sea, reportedly flying at a height of 37,000 ft. It was carrying 56 passengers, according to Egypt's civil aviation, including one child and two babies.
The finding came after Egypt’s minister of civil aviation said Cairo will not rule out the possibility of a terrorist attack behind the missing EgyptAir flight.
“I don’t want to go into speculations or assumptions,” Sherif Fathy told reporters during a press conference, insisting it was too early to rule out either terrorism or a technical failure as the reason behind the plane’s disappearance.
Both France and Greece said flight MS804 – an Airbus A320 carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew – had crashed.
Conditions were clear and calm when the plane crossed over the Mediterranean Sea.
sources confirmed that the plane went missing 10 miles into Egyptian airspace.
“Egyptian air forces have now been dispatched into the area where the plane is believed to have gone missing. They are beginning search and rescue operations,” Abu Azm said.
Airline authorities said 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, two Iraqis, one Brit, one Belgian, one Sudanese, one Chadian, one Portuguese, one Algerian, one Canadian, one Saudi and one Kuwaiti are on board.
