Egyptian military today found the wreckage of the crashed EgyptAir aircraft in the Mediteranean Sea. The ill-fated plane flying to Cairo from Paris went down with 66 people on board yesterday. Egyptian authorities hinted at a terror angle to the deadly incident.
The Egyptian navy, air force and army were searching the sea to the north of Egypt’s coast, with French, Greek, British and US support. In a Facebook post, Egypt’s Brigadier General Mohamed Samir said the military searchers have found personal belongings of passengers and parts of the wreckage 290 kilometres north of Alexandria.
Egyptian presidency has expressed deep sadness and extreme regret over the deaths of people on board the jet.
The tragedy raised fears of a repeat of the bombing of a Russian passenger jet by the Islamic State over Egypt last October that killed all 224 people on board. Investigators now need to unravel the mystery why the plane swerved suddenly and plummeted into the sea.
French and Airbus investigators are preparing to meet their Egyptian counterparts in Cairo to lay the groundwork for their probe.