An Egyptian Passenger Plane Has Vanished From Radar on a Flight From Paris to Cairo

An passenger airplane has gone missing en route from Paris to Cairo, EgyptAir announced Thursday morning.

The Egyptian flag carrier’s official Twitter account said the 23:09 flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, which was due to land in Cairo at 3:15 a.m., “has disappeared from radar.”

Reports said the aircraft was carrying 59 passengers and 10 crew. The airline said it would provide updates as more information becomes available.

In October last year, a Russian Metrojet aircraft carrying 224 passengers exploded in mid-air over the northern Sinai desert after departing from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport. The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria claimed responsibility for the apparent bomb attack.

In another incident in March, an Egyptian man with a fake suicide vest hijacked a domestic Egyptian flight and forced the pilot to divert to Cyprus. It turned out the hijacker was hoping the stunt would help him to reunite with his estranged wife.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more details emerge.