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French Investigator Stifles Reports Explosion on Board Fatal EgyptAir Crash

© REUTERS / Christian HartmannThe EgyptAir plane assuring the following flight from Paris to Cairo, after flight MS804 disappeared from radar, taxies on the tarmac at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France, May 19, 2016
The EgyptAir plane assuring the following flight from Paris to Cairo, after flight MS804 disappeared from radar, taxies on the tarmac at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France, May 19, 2016 - Sputnik International
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An investigative committee French member handling the crash of the EgyptAir plane has stifled media reports about the flight.

A pilot looks out of the cockpit during a search operation by Egyptian air and navy forces for the EgyptAir plane that disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea, in this still image taken from video May 20, 2016. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A French member of the investigative committee handling the crash of the EgyptAir passenger plane over the Mediterranean Sea last week has stifled media reports that a bomb exploded on board the MS804 flight from Paris to Cairo.

When asked by Sputnik if the cause of the crash could be a terrorist attack, the unnamed French investigator said that it could be possible, “but nothing is certain.”

“Finding the [black] boxes will take time,” the Frenchman said.

Egyptian plane and ship search in the Mediterranean Sea for the missing EgyptAir flight 804 plane which crashed after disappearing from radar early Thursday morning while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo - Sputnik International
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Earlier Reuters and Associated Press reported that a bomb exploded on board the aircraft.

“We cannot confirm the explosion,” he said.

A EgyptAir Airbus A320 plane, carrying 66 people, disappeared from radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea, 10 miles into Egyptian airspace on May 19. The plane was headed from Paris to Cairo. EgyptAir has said that the Egyptian Armed Forces have discovered the wreckage and personal items from flight MS804 some 180 miles off the coast of Alexandria.

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