Egypt's military has spotted a body part, seats and suitcases in the Mediterranean Sea in the area where EgyptAir flight MS804 disappeared from radar, Greece's defence minister has said.
Panos Kammenos told a news conference: "We were informed (by Egyptian authorities) that a body part, two seats and one or more items of luggage just south of where the aircraft signal was lost."
Earlier, Egypt's military said passengers' belongings were among items found by a navy vessel and aircraft sweeping the area in the hunt for the black box.
The debris was believed to include parts of the missing plane and was found 290km (180 miles) from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
The wreckage, which has been recovered, will be analysed by British, French and Egyptian investigators, and an expert from Airbus, airport officials said.
Meanwhile, an Egyptian paper has quoted the country's civil aviation minister as telling victims' relatives that there are "no survivors".
Egyptair said on Twitter that radar contact with the plane was lost about 295km from the Egyptian coastline.
The flight left Paris at 10.09pm BST on Wednesday but vanished at 1.30am BST, just over three hours into its four-hour journey towards Cairo.
The European Space Agency said one of its satellites has spotted a possible oil slick in the same area but there was no certainty it came from the plane.
No comments:
Post a Comment