Thursday, May 19, 2016

LIVE. The MS804 Egyptair flight between Paris and Cairo crashed off the Greek island of Karpathos – The Huffington Post

TRANSPORT – An Egyptair flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard, including 30 Egyptians and 15 French, crashed in the Mediterranean off a Greek island after have disappeared from the radar screens for some reason still unknown.

“air traffic controllers contacted the pilot when the aircraft was over the island of Kea (southeast of Attica ) to 37,000 feet. He reported no problem, “said the Greek Antenna TV the head of civil Aviation, Constantin Litzerakos. “The pilot was in good spirits and thanked the Greek,” said a statement from the Ypa.

However, according to the Egyptian national airline, the plane would have issued a “mayday”. This message was picked up at 2:26 GMT, less than 10 minutes before the Airbus A320 disappeared definitively from radar screens, said an official of EgyptAir AFP. Information denied a few minutes later by the Egyptian army and the Greek Civil Aviation stating that “no distress call” was received from the aircraft EgyptAir linking Paris to Cairo.

The fact that the pilot did not have time to send such a message suggesting that a violent incident and suddenly occurred in flight, experts say. In doing so, the terrorist track is in everyone’s head, especially as, at present, doubts remain about the debris were located at sea.

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President Sissi called Thursday, May 19 at “more research” to find “debris” of the aircraft, whose exact location is debatable.

In a statement from the presidency, he asked “all units of the State concerned, including the Ministry of Civil Aviation (…), navy and army air intensify search operations “to” find the aircraft debris “.

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” There seems to be an act of terrorism, “said Hillary Clinton in an interview broadcast on the channel CNN, while the causes of the crash of the device connecting Paris to the Egyptian capital with 66 people on board, have not yet been clarified.

“the exact way (s whose crash ‘ is produced) obviously, the investigation will determine, “said the former first lady. “But again, it puts the spotlight on the threats we face from terrorist organizations,” the candidate for the American presidency.

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While the airline confirmed it had found some debris, the Greek Committee of Aviation safety belies the discovery of the wreck near the Greek island of Karpatho.

“So far, analysis of recovered wreckage indicates that they belong not a plane, my Egyptian counterpart also confirmed to me that it was not proved that the debris came from Egyptair flight on our last contact, at 5:45 p.m. GMT, “said this official, Athanassios Binos. Before this contact, Egyptair announced on his Twitter account discovery “flight MS804 debris.”

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” We found the wreck, “said the vice president of the company, Ahmed Adel was quoted by CNN.

Meanwhile, the company said that investigators were still looking for other debris. “The Ministry of Civil Aviation has received a letter from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the discovery of debris from the flight MS804″ says EgyptAir, adding that “life jackets and pieces of plastic” floating at sea.

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the Bureau of investigation and Analysis (BEA) is sending three investigators in Cairo accompanied by an Airbus technical advisor to participate in the safety investigation surrounding the disappearance of a EgyptAir A320 from Paris to the Egyptian capital, said the Secretary of State for Transport Alain Vidal.

investigators leave in the evening on Thursday and will arrive in the night, he said . The device Egyptair crashed off a Greek island with on board 66 people, including 30 Egyptians and 15 French, Egyptian authorities citing possible terrorist act.

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the Republican House candidate white Donald Trump, said that the loss of EgyptAir flight Paris-Cairo was probably the result of a terrorist act.

“it looks like it is still a terrorist attack. the plane took off from Paris. When will we become tough, intelligent and vigilant? Great hatred and disease! ” Has he wrote on Twitter.

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the US administration sent a maritime patrol aircraft over the Mediterranean area where the plane disappeared EgyptAir, officials said the United States, stating President Barack Obama was kept informed of developments.

This aircraft P-3 Orion, out of the US base at Sigonella in Sicily, arrived on area shortly after 14:00 to participate the search.

“Barack Obama has asked to be kept informed of the situation” throughout the day “and asked administration officials to join their international counterparts to offer support and assistance “said Eric Schultz, spokesman of the executive.

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in solidarity with victims and victims’ families, the Elysee informed of the cancellation of the meeting of the social Democratic scheduled for Friday in Rome François Holland and Matteo Renzi. The President will remain in France to monitor the progress of the investigation.

In a telephone call earlier this afternoon, the head of the Italian government has proposed the postponement of the meeting “in 66 solidarity with the victims of the airplane tragedy EgyptAir, “said the Elysee.

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According Litzerakos Constantine, the head of the Greek civil Aviation, the last contact with the pilot product ” at about 0:05 French time, “but then he stopped responding to calls of Greek air traffic controllers, which continued” until 0:29, when the plane disappeared from radar. “

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the head of Russian intelligence, Alexander Bortnikov, the crash of the A320 Egyptair is a terrorist act “in all probability”.

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the Egyptian Minister of civil Aviation said that the hypothesis of a” terrorist attack “was” more likely “than a technical failure to explain the crash Thursday of the aircraft EgyptAir paris-Cairo.

“the situation can, and I say ‘may’ because I do not want to speculate (…), suggest that the probability, possibility, action to edge of a terrorist attack, is higher than that of a technical failure, “said Minister Sherif Fathy told a news conference. “But I do not want to jump to conclusions,” said he told AFP.

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” the objects were located in the southeast of Crete by a C-130 Egyptian in an area of ​​elevated perspective depends Egypt. boats will be sent there “to check what it is, said Vassilis Beletsiotis, the spokesman for the Greek army.

The Greek public television ERT1 said for his part that “the remains were found 230 nautical miles from Crete.”

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The Senate observed a minute of silence in memory of the 66 people aboard the plane EgyptAir linking Paris to Cairo and crashed into the Mediterranean.

“All light must be shed on the causes of this tragedy” said before Jean-Pierre Caffet (PS), who chaired the meeting.

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the Egyptian Minister of civil Aviation Sherif Fathy reiterated that “no terrorist act nor the technical incident” No. were excluded. He also said that no debris was found.

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the Egyptian Minister of civil Aviation said his country did not know what had become of the EgyptAir flight Paris-Cairo disappeared into the night and which we have found no debris at present, excluding neither “terrorist act” nor “technical incident”.

“I can not exclude the hypothesis of terrorist act or something that would report to a technical problem, it is too early, “he added about the flight MS804 which, according to an official of the Greek civil aviation and french President Francois Hollande crashed into the Mediterranean sea with 66 people on board.

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Turkish aircraft, Greek and French and a Greek frigate involved in the search of the aircraft Egyptair that crashed in the Mediterranean off the Greek island of Karpathos with 66 people on board, said Thursday a spokesman for the French Navy.

the means were deployed south south / east of the island, said the Didier Piatton captain, adding that “other means are contemplated as needed to be expressed by the Egyptian authorities,” that coordinate the research.

in this kind of operation, “there a first phase of the aircraft surface in search of passengers, and then a subsequent phase of research of underwater debris and black boxes for which may involve specialized resources like attack submarines ” has he said.

“what is important is to send resources quickly for the search area is as limited as possible,” he added.

Egyptair flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard, including 30 Egyptians and 15 French, crashed Thursday in the Mediterranean after disappearing from radar screens for some reason still unknown. No hypothesis (accident or attack) has been ruled out.

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the Greek defense minister said that the aircraft had made two “sudden turns” during its fall. The first left 90 degrees then a second 360 degrees starting to the right.

He then dropped 37,000 to 15,000 feet. Contact was lost to 10,000 feet.

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the pilot of the A320 has reported “no problem” in his last contact with Greek air traffic controllers.
“Air traffic controllers contacted the pilot when the aircraft was over the island of Kea at 37,000 feet. He reported no problems,” said the head of civil aviation (Ypa), Constantin Litzerakos. “The pilot was in good spirits and thanked the Greek,” said a statement from the Ypa.

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François Hollande” confirms “that the device has” crashed “into the sea.” We duty to know everything, know everything about the causes of what happened. no assumption is rejected, there is no preferred “for the crash of flight MS804, said the president, who sent his thoughts “solidarity” and “compassion” to the relatives of the victims.

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the Paris prosecutor’s announcement that it opens an investigation into the plane crash at sea and confirms that “no hypothesis is excluded” as to what causes it.

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the search operations were launched jointly by the Greek and Egyptian armies to try to locate the device, said the premier Egyptian Sherif Ismail.

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On RTL Thursday morning, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that “no hypothesis (could) be ruled out on the causes of this disappearance.”

for his part, Prime Minister Egyptian Sherif Ismail said that we could not “say that a terrorist attack was the cause of the disaster or avert this scenario,” reports the daily Al Ahram.

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Jean-Marc Ayrault, the Foreign Minister, called for the caution on assumptions about the crash: “We are in direct contact with the Egyptian and Greek authorities. We must remain extremely cautious about expressing hypotheses, “he said.

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in the morning, the dock Foreign Ministry has set up a crisis unit in the Ministry and at the airport Roissy. “We imagine the anguish of families. The first priority is to inform, “said Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, the exit from the crisis meeting held at the Elysee. The families of the victims will be received by representatives of the state and EgyptAir and supported by doctors and psychologists.

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According to Egyptian national airline, the aircraft – probably the beacon device located tail. – have issued a “mayday” It message would have been captured at 2:26 local time, less than 10 minutes before the Airbus A320 disappeared definitively from radar screens, said an official of EgyptAir AFP.

a few minutes belied information later by the Egyptian army and the Greek civil Aviation stating that “no distress call” was received from the aircraft EgyptAir linking Paris to Cairo. The fact that the pilot did not have time to send such a message suggesting that a sudden and violent incident occurred in flight, experts say.

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On Facebook, Airbus confirmed the loss of A320 of EgyptAir and “shares the concern of relatives of the victims.” The manufacturer says that the device delivered to the Egyptian company in November 2003, had accumulated approximately 48,000 flight hours.

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According to the Greek civil Aviation, the flight MS804 – with 56 passengers including 30 Egyptians and 15 French – crashed off the island of Karpathos, between Crete and Rhode, southeast of the Aegean sea, but in Egyptian airspace.

“Around 3:29 local time, while he was in Egyptian airspace, the plane disappeared from radar Greek and crashed about 130 miles from the island of Karpathos”

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the aircraft, which was flying between Paris and Cairo was at 37,000 feet elevation and entered Egyptian airspace when it disappeared from radar at 2:30 am Thursday local time, said Egyptair .

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