Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar - EgyptAir

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo had disappeared from radar, the airline said on Twitter today.

The MS804 flight is carrying 56 passengers. 3 security personnel, and 7 cabin crew, the airline said in a tweet.

The plane lost contact with radar at 02:45 Cairo time, the airline added.

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

EGYPTAIR media centre will update as more information becomes available.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

EGYPTAIR A320 was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

EGYPTAIR has contacted the concerned authorities and bodies and inspection is underway through the rescue teams.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

An informed source at EGYPTAIR declared that its flight number MS804 had 56 passengers on board.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

including 1 child and 2 infants in addition to 3 EGYPTAIR security personnel and 7 cabin crew with a total of 66 persons on board.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

In March, an EgyptAir was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, a 58-year-old Egyptian who has a Cypriot ex-wife.

Cyprus authorities have described Mostafa as "psychologically unstable" and said the case was not "terrorism-related".

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He is accused of forcing the plane to divert to Larnaca airport on the island's south coast on Tuesday by threatening to detonate an explosives belt that turned out to be fake.