EgyptAir Flight 804, What We Know So Far

SU-GCC, the crashed Airbus A320-200 of EgyptAir in April 2014

The flight data of EgyptAir flight 804 that crashed on the way from Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France to Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt show smoke alerts before flight MS804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Until now, the plane has yet to be found. The only evidence found until now are only two kilometers long oil slick and some wreckage that found 290 kilometers north of Alexandria, Egypt. Now, the most important thing is to find both flight data and cockpit voice recorder to find out what caused the crash of EgyptAir flight 804.

The flight data of EgyptAir flight 804 from https://flightaware.com

EgyptAir flight 804 was operated by an Airbus A320-200, registered as SU-GCC. Initially, it would fly a routine passenger flight from Paris to Cairo on May 19, 2016. There were 56 passengers and 10 crews aboard flight MS804. Flight 804 departed from Charles de Gaulle International Airport at 23:09, Paris time (UTC +2). The flight to Cairo would take four hours. It was flying at 37,000 feet (11,000 meters) and it disappeared 280 kilometers north of the Egyptian Coast at 02:30 A.M, local time. There was no any emergency call received by the Air Traffic Controller. The aircraft reported making 90 degrees bank to the left, and then 360 degrees circle to the right while it dropped from 37,000 feet to 15,000 feet.

The map of flight MS804

There were many speculations if the plane was destroyed by a terrorist bomb, as the accident linked to the November 2015 Paris Attack and the bombing of Metrojet flight 9268. Two months, before the crash of flight 804, the another Airbus A320-200 of EgyptAir was hijacked, but all people on board were saved. But unlike the crash of Metrojet flight 9268, when an Islamic extremist group claimed to be responsible for the crash of the plane immediately, there was no claim from any extremist group. Rest in peace for all those passengers and crews that perished aboard flight 804, they may be rest in peace, and God will give strength to the families and relatives of the deceased passengers and crews about flight MS804.