MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An A320 plane carrying over 50 passengers went off radar screens on Thursday morning, while en route from Paris to Cairo, Egypt Air said.
An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Egypt Civil Aviation Ministry announced that search and rescue teams are looking for the missing aircraft. The ministry also reported that contact with the plane was lost 10 miles inside Egyptian airspace.
The aircraft took off from the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris at 23:09 GMT, an official source told Egypt Air. It was headed to Cairo International Airport.
EGYPTAIR A320 was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
According to Sky News Arabia, the aircraft’s last appearance was above Greece.
Egypt Air also said that the aeroplane disappeared from radar screens 10 miles before entering Egyptian airspace.
"Edit: plane disappeared after going to the Egyptian airspace 10 miles," the airline said via Twitter.
In an earlier Tweet, Egypt Air said that the plane went off radar screens 10 minutes (80 miles) from entering the Egyptian airspace.
According to an official source cited by the airline on Twitter, contact with the plane was lost at 02:45 Cairo time (00:45 GMT) on Thursday.
EGYPTAIR has contacted the concerned authorities and bodies and inspection is underway through the rescue teams.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Egyptair stated that search and rescue teams are looking for the missing aeroplane. The airline company has formed an emergency operations centre to deal with the situation, media reported.
