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Live - EgyptAir flight disappears from radar
2:52 pm Distress signal received Rescue services from the Egyptian armed forces reported receiving a distress signal at 04:26 am local time (0226 GMT) from the missing plane, two hours after the last contact was known. 2:27 pm Greek air traffic controllers spoke to the pilot when the missing plane was flying over Greece, but didn't report any problems, Reuters reported. 2:09 pm French government will hold a ministerial meeting at 0630 GMT (2:30 pm Beijing Time) over the disappearance of the EgyptAir flight, according to French President's Office. 2:02 pm When and where contact was lost changed EgyptAir has just updated information about the time contact with the plane was lost, now saying it was 2.30 am local time (00.30 GMT), and not 2.45 am, as it earlier stated. The plane disappeared above the Mediterranean sea about 280 km (175 miles) from the Egyptian seacoast, different from the previous statement of around 50 km north of the Egyptian coastline. 1:46 pm Passenger nationalities EgyptAir has published a list of most of those on board by nationality. No Chinese national was known aboard. 30 Egyptian 15 French 2 Iraqi 1 British 1 Belgian 1 Sudanese 1 Chadian 1 Portuguese 1 Algerian 1:40 pm Missing plane 'did not land' - French official Referring to flight MS804 reported missing by the Egyptian airline, the French official, asking not to be identified by name, told Reuters: "It did not land. That is all we can say for the moment." 1:35 pm Greece joins search and rescue Greek Defence Ministry says it has deployed frigate, military aircraft to southern Mediterranean in an effort to locate missing Egyptair plane. 1:30 pm Airbus, the manufacturer of the missing A320 aircraft, tweeted that it has "no further details" on the missing plane, but will "provide further information when available." 1:15 pm The airline tweeted that the aircraft pilot has 6275 of flying hours including 2101 flying hours on Airbus 320, while the co-pilot he has 2766 flying hours. The manufacturing date of the aircraft in 2003. 1:09 pm One child and two infants aboard EgyptAir tweeted that one child and two infants were among the 66 people aboard. 1:00 pm EgyptAir has confirmed the flight was carrying 56 passengers, including one child and two infants, and 10 crew. The pilot had 6,000 flight hours. Earlier, the airline said 69 people were on board. 12:20 pm More background: Russia banned incoming flights by the airline in November after a Russian jet crash in Sinai that Islamist militants claimed to have caused. Reuters reported in January that an EgyptAir mechanic, whose cousin joined Islamic State in Syria, is suspected of planting the bomb, according to sources familiar with the matter. 12:12 pm Background: EgyptAir was at the center of another aviation incident in March when its plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man with what authorities said was a fake suicide belt. He was arrested after giving himself up. 12:01 pm EgyptAir confirmed on Twitter that the plane was Airbus A320. 11:52 am What we know now * EgyptAir Flight MS804 disappeared from radar en route from Paris to Cairo. * The plane, an Airbus A320, was scheduled to leave Paris at 11.09 pm local time. * The plane was travelling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared from radar. * The plane lost contact after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles at 2.45am local time. * The flight was carrying 59 passengers and 10 crew. * Search and rescue teams were assembled. 11:46 am According to flightradar24.com, the plane was an Airbus A320 and its last known position was above the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said search and rescue teams were assembled. 11:43 am The plane was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles, the airline tweeted. 11:28 am The flight was scheduled to leave Paris at 11.09 pm local time. The journey from Paris to Cairo takes around 3 hours 45 minutes.
An EgyptAir flight heading from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the airline tweeted. Egyptair says 59 passengers and 10 crew are aboard on flight MS804 which took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport late on Wednesday night.
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