An Egypt Air Airbus A320 passenger aircraft heading from Paris to Cairo crashed into Mediterranean Sea, while carrying 56 passengers and 10...
An Egypt Air Airbus A320 passenger aircraft heading from Paris to Cairo crashed into Mediterranean Sea, while carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew members.
The Flight MS804 was flying at 37,000ft when the contact was lost at around 02:30 am (Egypt local time) today over the Mediterranean sea, about 280 km from the Egyptian coast and 16 km after entering the Egyptian air space.
The flight was expected to arrive at Cairo Airport at 03:15 am local time.
The aircraft crashed after just exiting the Greek air space and attempts by Athens air traffic control to contact the aircraft went in vain.
The pilot had 6275 of flying hours including 2101 flying hours on Airbus 320 and the co-pilot had 2766 flying hours.
The A320 registered under SU-GCC was MSN (Manufacturer Serial Number) 2088 was delivered to Egypt Air from the production line in November 2003.
The aircraft had accumulated approximately 48,000 flight hours and was powered by IAE V-2500 engines.
Egyptian officials says terror more likely cause than a technical fault. In Oct 2015 a Airbus A320 aircraft operated by Russian Metrojet crashed in to the Egyptian Sinai peninsula after an onboard explosion following departure from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.
Search operations are in full swing with Egyptian and Greek ships and aircraft scoring the sea. U.S. Navy has deployed one of its submarine hunting P-3 Orion aircraft for the search operation.
The Flight MS804 was flying at 37,000ft when the contact was lost at around 02:30 am (Egypt local time) today over the Mediterranean sea, about 280 km from the Egyptian coast and 16 km after entering the Egyptian air space.
The flight was expected to arrive at Cairo Airport at 03:15 am local time.
The aircraft crashed after just exiting the Greek air space and attempts by Athens air traffic control to contact the aircraft went in vain.
The pilot had 6275 of flying hours including 2101 flying hours on Airbus 320 and the co-pilot had 2766 flying hours.
The A320 registered under SU-GCC was MSN (Manufacturer Serial Number) 2088 was delivered to Egypt Air from the production line in November 2003.
The aircraft had accumulated approximately 48,000 flight hours and was powered by IAE V-2500 engines.
Egyptian officials says terror more likely cause than a technical fault. In Oct 2015 a Airbus A320 aircraft operated by Russian Metrojet crashed in to the Egyptian Sinai peninsula after an onboard explosion following departure from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.
Search operations are in full swing with Egyptian and Greek ships and aircraft scoring the sea. U.S. Navy has deployed one of its submarine hunting P-3 Orion aircraft for the search operation.
