Disappearance of EgyptAir jet over Mediterranean Sea
CAIRO/ATHENS — An EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean on Thursday (May 19) in what Egypt said could have been a terrorist attack.
The Egyptian civil aviation ministry initially said Greek authorities had found "floating material" and life jackets likely to be from the plane, an Airbus A320. Greek defence sources told Reuters the material was discovered in the sea 370km south of the island of Crete. REUTERS