EgyptAir officials said late Thursday that debris spotted in the Mediterranean was not from the missing Flight 804.”We stand corrected on finding the wreckage because what we identified is not a part of our plane. So the search and rescue is still going on,” the airline’s vice chairman Ahmed Adel told CNN. The Airbus A320 disappeared overnight en route fromParis to Cairo. The search continues for the fifty-six passengers and 10 crew members on board. CNN reports that government officials saysigns point to a terrorist bomb exploding on the jet.
The flightwas at about37,000 feet and had just entered Egyptian airspace before approaching Cairo when it turned abruptly about 175 miles from Egypt before disappearing, officials said at a press conference this morning.News reports say the aircraftturned left, made a full circle to the right and plunged 22,000 feet before radar contact was lost. Search efforts include a C-130 and other aircraft dispatched from Greece.
