BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Air Flight MS804 Paris-Cairo Dissappears , 10 Miles Into Egypt Airspace

BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Air Flight MS804 Paris To Cairo Disappears From radar 10 Miles Into Egypt Airspace.

The flight which departed from Paris at 0911 local time from Paris  disappeared from radar at 0245 Egypt time in the early hours of this morning just 10 minutes into Egypt airspace, with 66 people on board including 10 crew including 3 security officials or air marshals and 56 passengers including 1Briton. Egyptian Air civil aviation authority say its too early to confirm whether or not a crash has occurred.

There are conflicting reports about a place beacon sending a distress signal but nothing has been confirmed yet, several hours after the flight’s disappearance.

A search and rescue mission has kicked into place but Egypt civil aviation say  that no distress signals were received from the flight which would have been preparing for its descent.  There are sad scenes in Paris and egypt airports of emotional friends and relatives starved of any confirmation about the flight’s status.

With the heightened state of security in Europe, particularly France, it is obviously disconcerting to all that so far no one knows whether its terrorist related, standard air accident or deliberate pilot incident that caused the error.More news to follow………….By Sibusiso Ngwenya