Egypt-Air Flight MS804 Crash -- News Updates

Daily Mail: EgyptAir jet went into a 'sharp spin' and fell 22,000ft before vanishing from radar says Greek defence minister – as air safety chief says crash was 'almost certainly a terror attack'

* EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished over the Med at 00.30am GMT after leaving Paris at 9.09pm GMT on Wednesday
* Airline said contact was lost with plane 10 miles into Egyptian air space about 40 minutes before it was due to land
* Airbus A320 was flying at 37,000ft and did not make a distress call before it disappeared off radar, officials say
* There were 56 passengers on board including one Briton, 30 Egyptians, 15 French and one Canadian and 10 crew
* Major search operation underway as former air crash investigation chief says it is 'very probably an attack'

The EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board went into a sudden spin and plunged 22,000ft before vanishing off the radar, a Greek minister revealed today.

Flight MS804 came down near the Greek island of Karpathos ten miles into Egyptian airspace at around 00.30am GMT without making a distress call.

It departed Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris at 9.09pm GMT last night and was scheduled to arrive at Cairo Airport at 1.15am GMT.

Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 made 'sudden swerves' mid-air, lurching 90 degrees to the left then 360 degrees to the right as it fell out of the sky.

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