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U.S. Navy LT. JG Dylon Porlas looks through the window of a U.S. Navy aircraft, searching the area in the Mediterranean where the Egyptair flight 804 crashed. AP

Official Says EgyptAir Remains Suggest Blast, Head of Forensics Denies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

The human remains retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea where EgyptAir flight 804 crashed last week suggest there was an explosion on board, a senior Egyptian forensics official said on Tuesday. The official said all 80 pieces brought to Cairo so far are small and that...

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This picture taken on May 19, 2016, shows an Egyptair Airbus A330 from Cairo taxiing at the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport near Paris after its landing. AFP

Smoke Detected on EgyptAir Flight Shortly before Crash

by Mohammed Shaaban and Heba El Koudsy | May 21, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo, Washington- An aviation industry publication has reported that sensors detected smoke in a lavatory in the EgyptAir jetliner minutes before it crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while on its way from Paris to Cairo early Thursday. The publication cited...

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Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in the EgyptAir plane that crashed. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Army Says EgyptAir Plane Wreckage Found

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | Middle East

The Egyptian military said on Friday it had found parts of debris from the EgyptAir plane, which crashed a day earlier, 290 kilometers north of the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria. The navy has also found some of the passengers’ belongings and is...

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EgyptAir passenger plane

EgyptAir Plane Disappears from Radar, Terror Not Ruled Out

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 19, 2016 | Middle East

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people disappeared from radar early Thursday morning, the airline said, amid fears that it has crashed into the sea as Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said it was too early to rule out any explanation for...

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Opinion: April Fools’ Day and the Deceptive Hijacker

by Tareq Al-Shinawy | Apr 4, 2016 | Opinion

Yes, the EgyptAir hijacking episode ended happily after it became clear that the Egyptian hijacker was not wearing a vest packed with explosives and was only carrying a small bottle of perfume on his person- an item that is allowed on board. The hijacker tried to give...