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Egypt: Jet's vanishing more likely terror than technical
May 19, 2016 at 09:31
EgyptAir Flight 804 vanishes f-rom radar with 66 people aboard
(CNN) - EgyptAir Flight 804 vanished f-rom radar on its way f-rom Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard, the airline said Thursday.
The plane was flying at 37,000 feet when it lost contact overnight above the Mediterranean Sea, the airline tweeted. French President Francois Hollande said he was told the flight crashed, but Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi said he preferred to classify the flight as missing.
"We do not deny there is a possibility of terrorism or deny the possibility of technical fault," Fathi said at a Cairo news conference. "I will continue to use the term missing plane until we find any debris."
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