THERE are fears for the passengers and crew of an EgyptAir flight after it disappeared from radar.
EgyptAir confirmed in a tweet that flight MS804 had disappeared after departing from Paris at 11.09pm (CEST) on the way to Cairo.
According to Sputnik, there were 59 passengers on board and 10 crew members.
An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.
In March one of the airline?s planes travelling between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked by an Egyptian man wearing a fake explosive belt. The plane was diverted to Cyprus and sat on the tarmac for six hours.
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An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar with 59 passengers on board, according to the airline.
Flight MS804 departed the French capital at 11.09pm (CEST) before vanishing, according to what the airline described as an informed source.
The airline said that the plane lost contact with radar at 2.45am, Cairo time (1.45am BST).
It was at 37,000ft when it disappeared approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes into the flight, they added.
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