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Traveling from Paris. Not too many details this far.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egyptair-flight-paris-cairo-vanishes-radar-n576541 |
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It was ten minutes outside of Egyptain airspace. I think that means it was over the Mediterranean Sea at the time?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/egyptair-flight-disappears-radar/story?id=39216354 |
| 59 people on board. It stopped responding over the mediterranean sea |
Plus ten crew members. |
I'm freaking out. I think my husband's business partner may have been on that plane. I can't get in touch with anyone in Cairo. I think the phone lines are jammed, everyone calling everyone else.
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Sorry hit enter by mistake: EgyptAir flight MS804 10 crew members 59 passengers From Paris to Cairo Boeing 737 Where it stopped responding:
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I'm really sorry. I hope everything is okay. |
| They are now correcting location - it was about 10 miles into Egyptian airspace. |
| So far I think this page has the best updates and consolidation of Twitter feeds: http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/may/19/egyptair-plane-cairo-paris-live-updates |
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Flight Aware graph log, look at flight time Wed 08:32:01 PM, thats when the pings stopped, looks like something bad happened in flight @ 37,000ft. RIP
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MSR804/history/20160518/2045Z/LFPG/HECA/tracklog About 200 miles from Cairo shore. |
| I am concerned that the lack of distress call or communication points more to foul play, rather than a slower decent due to a malfunction. |
I was worried about this also. My first thought was terrorist/bomb or surface to air. |
I'm the PP whose husband is in Egypt awaiting the arrival of his partner. Was this plane close enough for surface to air missiles? ISIS sympathizers are in the Sinai peninsula. I would hate to think it was someone on board. I thought France's security was good. They were rough on me the last time I flew through Paris to Cairo. |
Max is about 15 miles. This was 200 miles from any coast but that doesn't mean it could not have been from a small boat. I am so sorry about your DHs business partner. This was either a horrible accident or something more sinister. |
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Aside from TWA 800 and China Air 611, I can't think of any flights that simply disintegrated in mid-air without nefarious factors involved (I don't believe the TWA 800 conspiracy theories). First guess would be a bomb on board.
I suppose the sort of good news is that unlike MH370, this is a much smaller search area and a much shallower body of water, so they'll certainly find it. |