Egyptair Flight MS804 Vanishes After Entering Egyptian Air Space

c has announced that a plane travelling from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar with 66 people on board. 

 The airline on Thursday, said that the Egyptian Armed Forces are preparing for an inspection and rescue effort.

The plane was 10 miles into Egyptian airspace when it disappeared and did not make a distress call. There was one Briton on board along with 30 people from Egypt, 15 people from France and one each from Belgium, Algeria, Sudan, Chad, Portugal, EgyptAir said.

Flight MS804 left Charles De Gaulle Airport at 11.09pm Central European Summer Time (10.09pm BST). The airline initially said that there were 59 passengers on board but later said there were 56, including one child and two babies.

Three EgyptAir security personnel were on board as well as seven cabin crew members.

The airline’s official Twitter account posted a message saying: ‘An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST), heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.’

The airline tweeted that the plane lost contact with radar at 2.45am Cairo time (1.45am BST). Cairo International Airport’s website listed the flight’s scheduled arrival time as 3.05am.

 The Airbus A320 was built in 2003 and was flying at 37,000 feet, the airline said on Twitter. The airline tweeted: ‘EGYPTAIR has contacted the concerned authorities and bodies and inspection is underway through the rescue teams.’

 It tweeted that the pilot had logged 6275 flying hours, including 2101 hours on the A320, and the co-pilot had logged 2766 hours.