
A crisis center was set up early Thursday morning at Terminal 1 of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport for the missing EgyptAir MS804 flight, French media reported.
The flight, an Airbus 320, disappeared from radar en route from Paris to Cairo early Thursday, the Egyptian airline confirmed.
It was carrying 66 passengers, including one child and two new-born babies, three security staffers and seven crew numbers, the airline said via its Twitter account.
The plane, which took off at 11:09 p.m. local time (2109 GMT) was flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,280 meters), was 10 miles (16 km) inside Egyptian airspace when losing contact with the radar at 2:45 a.m. Cairo time (0045 GMT), said an official source in the airline.
A toll-free number has been announced for friends and families of the passengers on board.
Source: XINHUA
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