Breaking News: EgyptAir flight disappears from radar

[spanone]

(CNN)An EgyptAir flight heading from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the airline tweeted.

The airline's media center said it will provide more information as it becomes available.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/middleeast/egyptair-flight-disappears/index.html

[Jennylynn]

1. Here we go again

[Gomez163]

2. Terra!!!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yeah been trying to follow this on twitter

[spanone]

5. yes!

https://twitter.com/EGYPTAIR/status/733129582166069249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


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[Shandris]

4. "Tracker32.exe has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."

You just KNOW it was a Windows error. Probably tried to X out of the Windows 10 upgrade.

[Texasgal]

6. Shit. N/T

[bigwillq]

7. Oh no.

Terrible. Hope everyone is ok.

[MissDeeds]

8. ...

[spanone]

9. sky news

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar with 59 passengers on board, according to the airline.

Flight MS804 departed the French capital at 11.09pm (CEST) before vanishing, according to what the airline described as an informed source.

The airline said that the plane lost contact with radar at 2.45am, Cairo time (1.45am BST).

It was at 37,000ft when it disappeared approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes into the flight, they added.

http://news.sky.com/story/1698511/egyptair-flight-disappears-from-radar


most other outlets are reporting 69 on board...

[Roland99]

15. yeah...37,000ft and accelerating

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1455774

[spanone]

16. from reuters

National carrier EgyptAir said a plane carrying 69 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo had gone missing on Thursday, disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea.

"An official source at EgyptAir stated that Flight MS804, which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST), heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar," the airline said on its official Twitter account.

Later Tweets by EgyptAir said the plane, which was traveling at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,280 meters), disappeared soon after entering Egyptian airspace. The aircraft was carrying 59 passengers and 10 crew.

According to flightradar24.com, the plane was an Airbus A320 and its last known position was above the Mediterranean Sea.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egyptair-airplane-idUSKCN0YA08W

[uppityperson]

10. :(

[BlueNoMatterWho]

11. Disappeared

Disappeared from radar 10 miles into Egyptian airspace at an altitude of 37,000 feet.

[doc03]

12. Well has Fox News blamed Hillary Clinton yet and what does that

asshat Trump have to say about it?

[romanic]

13. Oh God

were there any distress calls beforehand? If not then it must have been a sudden incident.

[spanone]

14. on twitter

twitter:

6m ago
23:57
Flight timings

The plane left Paris Charles de Gaulle at 23.09 local time Wednesday (21.09 GMT/22.09 BST/07.09am Thursday AEST).
It lost contact at 02.45am Cairo time (00.45 GMT/01.45 BST/10.45 AEST).
The plane has now been missing for more than three hours.
The plane was around 3 hours and 40 minutes into its journey (that was not, as earlier reported, the total journey time) when contact was lost.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/may/19/egyptair-plane-cairo-paris-live-updates

[applegrove]

17. Vibes to those souls and their families.

[Albertoo]

18. Probably a bomb (disappearance from radars at 37,000 feet)

45 minutes from landing and alt. 37,000 feet, too high for an Islamist missile (I hope).

Probably a bomb on board, which calls security procedures into question.

[No Vested Interest]

19. An emergency beacon has been detected. nt