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05/20/2016 05:19 am ET | Updated 1 hour ago
  • EgyptAir Flight MS804 was flying from Paris to Cairo and vanished from radar with 66 people on board.
  • The Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea but the cause is unclear.
  • Loved ones mourn
    One child and two infants were among the 30 Egyptians, 15 French and 10 other nationalities on board.
The Egyptian military found the personal belongings of passengers and other debris from an EgyptAir jet floating in the Mediterranean, Cairo said on Friday, confirming that the plane had plunged into the sea with 66 people on board.
The navy said it had found the debris about 290 km (180 miles) north of the coastal city of Alexandria and was sweeping the area in search of the plane’s black box recorders.
President Adbel Fattah al-Sisi offered condolences for those on board, amounting to Cairo’s official confirmation of their deaths.
The search in the mediterranean
Although fingers pointed toward Islamist militants who blew up another airliner over Egypt just seven months ago, no group had claimed responsibility more than 24 hours after the disappearance of flight MS804, an Airbus A320 that was flying from Paris to Cairo.
Three French investigators and a technical expert from Airbus arrived in Cairo early on Friday to help investigate the fate of the missing plane, airport sources said. more

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