Egyptair Flight From Paris to Cairo Crashed Over The Mediterranean
EGYPTAIR A320 was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
including 1 child and 2 infants in addition to 3 EGYPTAIR security personnel and 7 cabin crew with a total of 66 persons on board.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
This is the last known location of the #EgyptAir plane. More info here: https://t.co/tjuPlZPBxH pic.twitter.com/BeELg0VeBs
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2016
Need this guy on the case. Not trusting a word about the Egyptair flight until I see him on @CNN. pic.twitter.com/tmFW22yv3O
— Sam Riggs (@RiggsBarstool) May 19, 2016
1:09 PM est Update
Wreckage has been found. It’s now a search and rescue operation, and the investigation will focus on what exactly happened and how/why it crashed. Awful stuff. Worst nightmare.
Exclusive: #EgyptAir Vice President: The wreckage has been found. Now a search and recovery https://t.co/8qNXu6YVPL https://t.co/A9xvvzlq6C
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) May 19, 2016
12:10 PM est Update
US officials are saying definitely terrorism. Likely a bomb. Based on the latest data, the plane appears to have spun uncontrollably before dropping 27,000 feet rapidly. At 10,000 feet, it disappeared from radar.
As someone commented, if this was indeed a bomb onboard that’s EXTREMELY alarming. Charles de Gaulle Airport, being the main air hub out of Paris, is one of the largest and most active in the world. Terrorists successfully planting a bomb on a commercial airliner there means major security failures. It hasn’t been confirmed yet that this is what happened, but all signs are pointing towards it.
Where EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed after making erratic turns and a rapid descent https://t.co/AqZcjKsXEI pic.twitter.com/pA1gYXUt6I
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 19, 2016
9:03 AM est Update
This just came in:
BREAKING: Greek officials: Egyptian plane locates 2 orange items believed to be from missing EgyptAir flight.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2016
Bad news out of Egypt. One typically refrains from speculation over these things, but several commentators are saying all signs point towards terrorism. Those signs? The weather was fine. All of the plane’s communication signals suddenly went dark. It’s a relatively new plane (6 years old). It was traveling rather high (37,000 feet) at the time of disappearance without any signs of descent. And Egypt has recent history with aviation-related terrorism (ISIS blew up Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 flying out of an Egyptian resort airport in October, killing all 224 people onboard).
The cause behind #EgyptAir disappearance is more likely terrorism than a technical issue, Egypt’s civil aviation minister said
— Saeed Ahmed (@saeed_ahmed) May 19, 2016
However, the most trusted name in CNN aviation coverage refuses to join the speculation.
@Hrsims1958 no
— Richard Quest (@richardquest) May 19, 2016
As is tradition, much false information and reporting has been dispersed.
Correction: EgyptAir has not yet confirmed that the plane has crashed https://t.co/5XHn8RuMWt
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 19, 2016
About 7:30 AM EST, reports once again began to roll in of confirmation the plane crashed.
France has just confirmed that the #EgyptAir #MS804 flight from Paris to Cairo crashed over the Mediterranean Sea: https://t.co/GdbbgOkBB7
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 19, 2016
Fisherman and residents on some Greek island are claiming they saw a fireball in the sky about the time the plane disappeared from radar. This is supposedly video of what they saw.
A video shows a fireball in the Greek sky could be the EgyptAir plane disappeared https://t.co/nmZxuHWOdU
— jack3775 (@Hiba3775) May 19, 2016
Keep in mind: in 2014 every person with an inflatable raft or a canoe near the Indian Ocean claimed they saw MH370.
For now, that’s all the info we’ve got. When I get more, you’ll get more.
PS – A U.S. B-52 also crashed early this morning on Guam; fortunately, all 7 crew members made it out safely.
US Air Force says all 7 crew members made it out safely as their B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff. https://t.co/nW6ZQXAKgr
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2016