‘Debris from’ missing EgyptAir flight found in Mediterranean

[brooklynite]

Source: France24

The Egyptian army said Friday that debris from the missing EgyptAir flight had been recovered from the Mediterranean. Flight MS804 was en route to Cairo from Paris when it vanished from radar early Thursday with 66 people on board.

The Egyptian army announced Friday that it had located plane debris and passengers' personal belongings some 190 miles (306 kilometres) north of the city of Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Airbus A320 plane was flying from Paris to Cairo when it disappeared early Thursday over the sea. The 66 passengers and crew on board included 30 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis and one passenger each from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Portugal, Algeria, Canada and Kuwait.

Egyptian airport officials say that investigators will inspect the plane debris and personal belongings that the Egyptian army says it found. They added that the chief Egyptian investigator Ayman el-Mokadam will be joined by French and British investigators as well as an expert from Airbus.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20160520-egypt-plane-debris-egyptair-ms804-mediterranean

[msanthrope]

1. K&R. Nt

[leftynyc]

2. My heart goes out to the families

who I'm sure couldn't help themselves from hoping. At least now we can get some answers. Something happened at 37,000 feet - whether a bomb or some catastrophic failure of the plane.

[allan01]

3. ...

[OnlinePoker]

4. Odd final sentence given the high security in Paris now.

Instead, he said, "sabotage is possible, and if there were lax controls at airports and loose hiring and security policies, increasingly likely".

At any rate, knowing the general area where the plane went down they should be able to locate the data recorders before the batteries run out. I'm not sure of the depth there, though, nor the recovery capability if it is quite deep.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. It can be quite deep, but not mid-ocean deep

"I think the assumption is that this is a shallow water area but it's not, this part of the Mediterranean is really quite deep," he said.

"We only have limited information about the crash location, but if it is where this debris has been found then it sits on a boundary where the ocean floor is more like the Alps, very rugged and contoured.

"That area borders a large, deep plain about 3km down."

Dr Boxall said an aircraft such as the A320 could easily "slip through the cracks" of the ocean floor in the area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-36328976

[Baclava]

6. 5000-10,000 ft down means nothing will ever be easy to be found

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[uppityperson]

7. EgyptAir crash: Human remains found from flight MS804

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36339614

Debris and body parts have been found in the Mediterranean Sea by teams searching for a missing EgyptAir plane, Greek and Egyptian officials say.
Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it vanished early on Thursday.
Items including seats and luggage has also been retrieved by Egyptian search crews.
The debris was discovered about 290km (180 miles) north of Alexandria, the Egyptian military said.

[uppityperson]

8. Here are a couple more links with updating info

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/egypt-egyptair-plane-crash-live-8010675
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36339614