EgyptAir Flight 804 crash
EgyptAir Flight 804 was going from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew onboard when it disappeared from radar and crashed off the Greek island of Crete early Thursday morning, May 19, 2016, according to Egyptian and Greek officials.
The Egyptian government has sent a submarine to the search area to try to retrieve the EgyptAir Flight 804's flight recorders or so-called black boxes, which could finally explain what went wrong when it mysteriously crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last week. The U.S. Navy found more than 100 pieces of debris over the weekend.
In this photo, the Imam of al Thawrah Mosque, Samir Abdel Bary, gives condolences to film director Osman Abu Laban, center, who lost four relatives, all victims of the EgyptAir Flight 804 plane crash, following prayers for the dead, at al Thawrah Mosque, in Cairo, Friday, May 20, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
The Egyptian army said Friday, May 20, 2016, that it found debris from the missing Airbus A32 180 miles north of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. Egypt's Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said at a news conference in Cairo that there was a "stronger" likelihood that terrorist action brought the missing plane down than a technical failure.
The flight path of EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo is seen on a flight tracking screen on May 19, 2016.
Relatives and friends of EgyptAir hostess Yara Hani (portrait), who was onboard Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo which plunged into the Mediterranean, mourn during a ceremony at a church in Cairo on May 21, 2016. Smoke was detected inside an EgyptAir plane shortly before it plunged into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, investigators said, offering clues but no answers about why it crashed.
The Airbus A320 had been flying from Paris to Cairo early Thursday when it plummeted and turned full circle before vanishing from radar screens, without its crew sending a distress signal.
EgyptAir Flight 804
The Airbus A320 had been flying from Paris to Cairo early Thursday when it plummeted and turned full circle before vanishing from radar screens, without its crew sending a distress signal.
Debris recovered from the search for EgyptAir Flight 804 is seen in this photo posted to an Egyptian military Facebook page May 21, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Debris recovered from the search for EgyptAir Flight 804 is seen in this photo posted to an Egyptian military Facebook page May 21, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Debris recovered from the search for EgyptAir Flight 804 is seen in this photo posted to an Egyptian military Facebook page, May 21, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Debris recovered from the search for EgyptAir Flight 804 is seen in this photo posted to an Egyptian military Facebook page, May 21, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Debris recovered from the search for EgyptAir Flight 804 is seen in this photo posted to an Egyptian military Facebook page, May 21, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804 search
An engineer stands next to a Hellenic Air Force C-130 HAUP aircraft at the 133rd Hellenic Air Force Base in Kasteli on the island of Crete, Greece, May 20, 2016.
The plane is participating in a search operation for the missing EgyptAir flight 804 Airbus A320.
French Navy
The French Navy's EV Jacoubet prepares to leave the Mediterranean port of Toulon, France, May 20, 2016 to take part in a search operation of the EgyptAir passenger plane.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Families of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside a services hall at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016.
The EgyptAir flight that vanished over the Mediterranean was carrying 30 Egyptian and 15 French passengers, as well as a Briton and a Canadian, the airline said.
EgyptAir Flight 804 search
In this Thursday, May 19, 2016 video image released by the Egyptian Defense Ministry, an Egyptian ship searches in the Mediterranean Sea for the missing EgyptAir flight 804 plane which crashed after disappearing from radar early Thursday morning while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in on EgyptAir Flight MS804, which vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo, react as they wait outside the EgyptAir in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport in Egypt, May 19, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers on EgyptAir Flight MS804 wait outside the EgyptAir in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport in Egypt, May 19, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying on the crashed EgyptAir plane wait outside the EgyptAir in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport in Egypt, May 19, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
An Egyptian policeman and security personnel at the EgyptAir in-flight service building look on as relatives and friends of passengers on the crashed EgyptAir plane wait for updates at Cairo International Airport in Egypt, May 19, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Family members of passengers who were flying aboard an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo overnight get ready to be transported by bus to a gathering point at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016.
EgyptAir Flight 804
Relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in on the crashed EgyptAir plane wait outside the EgyptAir in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport in Egypt, May 19, 2016.