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Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar - EgyptAir
EgyptAir said flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo had disappeared from radar.
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.
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.
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.
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".
READ: Man accused of EgyptAir hijacking appears in Cyprus court
READ: No Malaysian passengers or crew on hijacked EgyptAir flight MS181
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.