Egyptian military says found debris, passengers' belongings from crashed EgyptAir jet

Friday 20-05-2016 12:54 PM

A snapshot from a video published on the Egyptian military spokesman's Facebook page showing search for crashed EgyptAir jet debris

CAIRO, May 20 (Aswat Masriya) – The Egyptian army has found in the Mediterranean Sea, 290 km north of Egypt’s Alexandria, debris and passengers’ belongings from the crashed EgyptAir plane, the military spokesman said Friday. 

Egypt’s flag carrier announced early Thursday morning that its flight MS804 vanished off the radar 16 km into Egyptian airspace as it was crossing the Mediterranean at 2:45 AM Cairo time en route from Paris to Cairo.

The Airbus 320 had 66 people of different nationalities on board, including two infants and a child. 

The passengers included 30 Egyptians, 15 French nationals, two Iraqi nationals, a British national, a Saudi national, a Portuguese national, a Belgian, a Kuwaiti, a Chadian, an Algerian, and a Canadian. There were also 10 EgyptAir crew members on board. 

Egyptian planes and vessels continue to comb the area, Military Spokesman Mohamed Samir added in the statement that was published on his official Facebook Page Friday morning.

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