French PM says 'no theory can be ruled out' on missing EgyptAir flight

An unidentified airport staff stands on a gangway near the hijacked EgyptAir A320 plane at a sealed off area of the Larnaca Airport, in Larnaca, Cyprus, 29 March 2016. Picture credits: EPA
An unidentified airport staff stands on a gangway near the hijacked EgyptAir A320 plane at a sealed off area of the Larnaca Airport, in Larnaca, Cyprus, 29 March 2016. Picture credits: EPA

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Thursday “no theory can be ruled out” in the missing EgyptAir flight which disappeared en route to Cairo from Paris.

“No theory can be ruled out on the cause of this disappearance,” said Valls, speaking after the plane vanished from radar over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board.

 

Thirty Egyptians, 15 French among passengers on missing EgyptAir plane-ministry

Egypt’s Aviation Ministry said 30 Egyptians, 15 French, one Briton and a Belgian were among the 66 people on board an EgyptAir flight that went missing en route from Paris to Cairo on Thursday.

Airline and Egyptian aviation officials said earlier they believed the Airbus A320 had crashed into the sea. It was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew.

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