Airline Egyptair has said one of its planes has disappeared from radar on a flight from Paris to Cairo.
Its official Twitter account said:
An official source said Egypt air that flight MS804, which took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to Cairo airport at 23.09 GMT Paris [with] 59 passengers on board and 10 crew members disappeared from the radar early in the morning.
An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.
— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016
Information on the missing flight is still sketchy, but Flightradar24 says the plane in question is an Airbus A320-232.
Egyptair says 59 passengers and 10 crew are aboard.
#MS804 operated by an Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC), delivered in 2003. https://t.co/fXqqYNewe4 pic.twitter.com/f86WS4gGCR
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 19, 2016