French President Francois Hollande confirmed Thursday that EgyptAir flight MS804 had crashed en route from�Paris to�Cairo, and said that no hypotheses to�why the disaster took place could be excluded.
"It crashed. There were 66 people on�board including 15 French nationals," the Elysee Palace said on�Twitter, quoting� Hollande. "No hypothesis is excluded."
Our last recorded point of�contact with #MS804 is 33.6757, 28.7924 at�36,975 feet.https://t.co/6tH4GQzOWU pic.twitter.com/y14vnYgOth
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However, currently there is no preferable version on�reason of�EgyptAir disappearance, Hollande added.
Francois Hollande, the French President, said authorities have been "mobilised" and inquiries have started.
"The truth will be found," he said, expressing his condelences to�everyone involved. "No hypothesis is discounted, no hypothesis is privileged."
#MS804 flight: what we know so far https://t.co/qT139bWOOd @EGYPTAIR pic.twitter.com/ABYPkOPAgP
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Earlier Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said he does not rule out�the possibility of�a terrorist act on�board the EgyptAir passenger plane that disappeared over�the Mediterranean Sea earlier on�Thursday.
�It�s still too early to�speak of�the reasons for�the disappearance of�the aircraft,� Ismail told journalists, adding that he does not exclude the possibility of�a terrorist act on�board.
Egypt Air Flight MS804 departed from�the Charles de Gaulle Airport in�Paris at�23:09 GMT. The aircraft was heading for�Cairo International Airport. According to�the airline, there were a total of�66 people on�board the plane, including 56 passengers.
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The flight path of EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo is seen on a flight tracking screen May 19, 2016[/caption]Earlier French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that no assumption can be ruled out�at this stage on�the causes of�the disappearance of�the Airbus A320 of�the EgyptAir airline.
"No hypothesis can be rejected at�the current stage on�the causes of�this [aircraft�s] disappearance," Valls told the RTL broadcaster.
By Sputnik News
