PAIRS — An EgyptAir flight heading from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the airline tweeted around 11 p.m. ET.
The airplane, which had the flight number MS804, lost contact with the radar at 2:45 a.m. Cairo time. It was at about 37,000 feet altitude and just 10 miles outside Egypt airspace.
The plane was flying at 37,000 feet when it lost contact overnight above the Mediterranean Sea, the airline tweeted. French President Francois Hollande said he was told the flight crashed, but Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi said he preferred to classify the flight as missing.
There were 69 people on board–59 passengers and 10 crew members.
Search and rescue teams are being alerted.
