{"id":222812,"date":"2016-06-16T07:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=222812"},"modified":"2016-06-16T07:34:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T07:34:15","slug":"egyptair-wreckage-found-in-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/egyptair-wreckage-found-in-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"EgyptAir wreckage found in Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say.<\/p>\n<p>A statement said &#8220;several main locations of the wreckage&#8221; had been identified.<\/p>\n<p>A deep sea search vessel had also sent back the first images of the wreckage, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>There were 66 people on board flight MS804 when it crashed on 19 May while flying from Paris to Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>The Airbus A320 plane vanished from Greek and Egyptian radar screens, apparently without having sent a distress call.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian investigation committee said that investigators on board the John Lethbridge search vessel, which has been contracted by the Egyptian government, would now draw up a map of the wreckage distribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">EgyptAir Flight MS804 vanished over the eastern Mediterranean early on Thursday 19 May with 66 passengers and crew on board<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Some surface debris was found 290km (180 miles) north of the Egyptian city of Alexandria<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Signals from the plane indicated that smoke was detected in the toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Search area is one of deepest in the Mediterranean &#8211; more than 3,000 metres (10,000ft) in some parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this month, search teams said signals from one of the &#8220;black box&#8221; flight recorders had been detected.<\/p>\n<p>Signals emitted by the recorders are expected to expire by 24 June, experts have warned.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>A terror attack has not been ruled out but no extremist group has claimed the downing of the plane.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say human or technical error is also a possibility. Electronic messages sent by the plane revealed that smoke detectors went off in the toilet and the aircraft&#8217;s electrics, minutes before the plane&#8217;s signal was lost.<\/p>\n<p>According to Greek investigators, the plane turned 90 degrees left and then 360 degrees to the right, dropping from 11,300m (37,000ft) to 4,600m (15,000ft) and then 3,000m (10,000ft) before it was lost from radar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/81BE\/production\/_89741233_egyptair_flight_ms804_624map_v3.png\" alt=\"Map of EgyptAir flight route\" width=\"624\" height=\"560\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/372D\/production\/_89752141_egyptair_ocean_depth_map624.png\" alt=\"ocean depth map for area where authorities are searching for flight MS804\" width=\"624\" height=\"490\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say. A statement said &#8220;several main locations of the wreckage&#8221; had been identified. A deep sea search vessel had also sent back the first images of the wreckage, the statement added. There were 66 people on board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":222813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EgyptAir wreckage found in Mediterranean - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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