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| EgyptAir flight MS804 disappears from radar between Paris and Cairo – live updates | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 4.48am BST | |
| 04:48 | |
| Egypt’s civil aviation ministry has confirmed that search and rescue teams are looking for the missing plane. | |
| It also confirms that contact with the plane was lost 10miles/16km within Egyptian airspace. | |
| 4.42am BST | |
| 04:42 | |
| What we know | |
| Details are still – understandably – sketchy and facts still emerging. | |
| Here is what we know, via EgyptAir’s official statements: | |
| Updated | |
| at 4.43am BST | |
| 4.37am BST | |
| 04:37 | |
| Egyptair was at the centre of another dramatic episode in March, when a plane flying between Alexandria and Cairo, Flight MS181, was hijacked and directed to land in Larnaca, Cyprus. | |
| Initial speculation then that the hijacker was a terrorist was later downplayed, as it became apparent the man’s motives were connected to his estranged wife. He was arrested and all passengers and crew were released unharmed. | |
| Related: EgyptAir plane hijacker arrested at Cyprus airport | |
| 4.31am BST | |
| 04:31 | |
| A clarification from Egyptair, which now says the plane “faded” from contact 10 miles (16km) inside Egyptian airspace: | |
| تعديل: اختفت الطائرة بعد الدخول إلى المجال الجوي المصري بـ 10 ميل. | |
| 4.29am BST | |
| 04:29 | |
| Egyptair says the plane disappeared around 130km (80 miles) before entering Egyptian air space. | |
| this shot from flight radar appears to indicate where @EGYPTAIR #MS804 disappeared from radar screens @Claire_Phipps pic.twitter.com/APjVUPvZXj | |
| 4.20am BST | |
| 04:20 | |
| Contact lost at 2.45am Cairo time | |
| Some more information now from Egyptair: | |
| It says flight MS804 lost contact with radar at 02:45 Cairo time. | |
| The plane was at 37,000 ft and disappeared 80 miles (around 10 minutes) before entering Egyptian airspace. | |
| Search and rescue teams are being assembled. | |
| 4.18am BST | 4.18am BST |
| 04:18 | 04:18 |
| The flight was scheduled to leave Paris at 11.09pm local time – that’s around six hours ago – for a journey time of around 3 hours 45 minutes. | The flight was scheduled to leave Paris at 11.09pm local time – that’s around six hours ago – for a journey time of around 3 hours 45 minutes. |
| It’s not clear at what time contact with the plane was lost. The confirmation from Egyptair was made public around half an hour ago. | It’s not clear at what time contact with the plane was lost. The confirmation from Egyptair was made public around half an hour ago. |
| 4.14am BST | 4.14am BST |
| 04:14 | 04:14 |
| Information on the missing flight is still sketchy, but Flightradar24 says the plane in question is an Airbus A320-232. | Information on the missing flight is still sketchy, but Flightradar24 says the plane in question is an Airbus A320-232. |
| Egyptair says 59 passengers and 10 crew are aboard. | Egyptair says 59 passengers and 10 crew are aboard. |
| #MS804 operated by an Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC), delivered in 2003. https://t.co/fXqqYNewe4 pic.twitter.com/f86WS4gGCR | #MS804 operated by an Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC), delivered in 2003. https://t.co/fXqqYNewe4 pic.twitter.com/f86WS4gGCR |
| 4.11am BST | 4.11am BST |
| 04:11 | 04:11 |
| Airline Egyptair has said one of its planes has disappeared from radar on a flight from Paris to Cairo. | Airline Egyptair has said one of its planes has disappeared from radar on a flight from Paris to Cairo. |
| Its official Twitter account said: | Its official Twitter account said: |
| An official source said Egypt air that flight MS804, which took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to Cairo airport at 23.09 GMT Paris [with] 59 passengers on board and 10 crew members disappeared from the radar early in the morning. | An official source said Egypt air that flight MS804, which took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to Cairo airport at 23.09 GMT Paris [with] 59 passengers on board and 10 crew members disappeared from the radar early in the morning. |
| An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar. | An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar. |