Aviation Services Contacted Flight MS804 10 Minutes Before Plane Vanished

The last contact between the vanished EgyptAir MS804 passenger plane and the navigation services had been detected 10 minutes before the aircraft dropped off the radars, Egyptian media reported Thursday.

CAIRO (Sputnik) – According to the Al-Ahram newspaper, Greek aviation authorities informed Egypt about the aircraft's disappearance 20 minutes after the plane had entered the Greek air space. The aircraft's location is unknown so far.

Egypt Air Flight MS804 departed from the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris at 23:09 GMT. The aircraft headed for Cairo International Airport. According to the airline, there were a total of 66 people on board the plane, including 56 passengers.