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EgyptAir plane crashes with 66 on board 

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Update: 2016-05-19 03:02:14
EgyptAir plane crashes with 66 on board 

DHAKA: An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed into Mediterranean Sea on Thursday (May 19). 

EgyptAir published a list of passengers on board, among them- 30 are Egyptian, 15 French, 2 Iraqis, and 1 each from UK, Canada, Belgium, Portugal, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Chad, Algeria. 

Egyptian aviation officials confirmed that EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed. However no more information is available at this stage, nor has any wreckage been discovered. 

Meanwhile, Greece has deployed aircraft and frigate to area around 130 nautical miles south of island of Karpathos in search for missing EgyptAir flight.

BDST: 1254 HRS, May 19, 2016
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