An Egyptair Plane travelling from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar with 66 people on board.
Egyptair have confirmed flight MS804 has disappeared somewhere over the Mediterranean as now many countries are offering assistance.
An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
The plane, which was ten miles into Egyptian airspace, had 56 passengers on board including one child and two infants.
Also on board were three Egyptair personnel and seven cabin crew.
EGYPTAIR A320 was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Greece has begun a rescue mission and Israel have offered to assist if required.
Egyptair officials have said they think the plane crashed into the sea.
including 1 child and 2 infants in addition to 3 EGYPTAIR security personnel and 7 cabin crew with a total of 66 persons on board.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
They have also confirmed there is one Briton on board and have set up a dedicated helpline for families to check on relatives.
Security experts have also said they do not believe the plane was downed by any sort of missile like the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014.
