EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo went off-radar in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A spokesperson for the airline confirmed that contact was lost with the plane at roughly 4am today.
The company have been using their Twitter account to keep the world updated, and have confirmed that three children were among the 56 passengers on the flight.
An informed source at EGYPTAIR reported that EGYPTAIR Flight No MS 804 has lost communication with radar tracking system at 02:45 (CLT)
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
The airline has also provided a breakdown of the nationalities on board the plane.
the passengers' nationalities are as follows:
– 15 French
– 30 Egyptian
– 1 British
– 1 Belgium
– 2 Iraqis
– 1 Kuwaiti
– 1 Saudi— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
– 1 Sudanese
– 1 Chadian
– 1 Portuguese
– 1 Algerian
– 1 Canadian— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
The airline has further confirmed that there is ‘no special or dangerous cargo on board’.
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