An EgyptAir flight reported missing between
Paris and Cairo has crashed, French President Francois Hollande confirmed.
The Airbus A320 with 66
people on board disappeared from radar at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon
after leaving Greek airspace.
Greece’s defence
minister says Flight MS804 made “sharp turns” and plunged before dropping off
the radar.
A major search is under
way in seas south of the Greek island of Karpathos.
Greek and Egyptian
armed forces are involved in the effort, and France has offered to send boats
and planes.
Mr Hollande said he was
keeping an open mind about the cause of the crash.
“We will draw
conclusions when we have the truth about what happened,” he said.
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