May 19: Egypt Air Flight 804 Crashed in the Mediterranean One Year Back

Egypt Air Flight MS804 crashed one year ago.

On May 19, 2016, an Egypt air flight was speciously crashed into the Mediterranean Sea minutes before it should arrive at its terminal of Cairo. The carrier had affirmed that the aircraft went down after vanishing from radar regardless of the point that there was security detail installed the doomed flight.

News about the Lost Plane

As indicated by the NY Times, two security officers at Cairo International Airport also said the plane was assumed to have crashed. But establishments still can't seem to offer any thoughts on why the plane went down. The flight left Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris at 11:09 p.m. at local time and ought to have arrived at 3:05 a.m. but never reached.

Egyptian militaries discovered destructive parts of the Egypt Air flight near the coastal city of Alexandria, Egyptian military said in an announcement, according to CNN. Parts of the aircraft and dead bodies of passenger were discovered.

Number of Passengers and Weather Condition

The flight was taking 69 individuals that included 59 travelers and 10 aircrew members. Two newborn and one child were also among the travelers. As per CNN's meteorologist Michael Guy, conditions were clear when the plane traversed the Mediterranean, so poor climate is not to blame for the crash.

Distress Signal from the Flight MS804

The Egyptian armed forces got a distress message from the missing plane at 4:26 a.m. local time, a representative for the Civil Aviation Ministry said according to the Times. What’s odd is that it would be almost two hours after the plane was said to have lost radar connection. The concerned authorities have not testified any further distress signs after the first one.

The plane was on its fifth flight of the day. It was going at 37,000 feet when it vanished from the radar. It had made a stop in Tunisia before traveling to Paris. It is still near impossible to state with assurance what made it drop out of the sky from 37,000 feet. No one can say anything with 100% surety that whether it was a terrorist attack or something else like this.