Egyptair Flight MS804 Has Crashed, (Islamic Militants Claim Bomb Brought Down Plane?)

Update 2:30am CST – AP reports that the possibility that the plane has crashed has been confirmed.

Update 4:00am CST – French Official believes terrorist event “almost certainly caused by attack”

Update 4:20am CST – CNN reports that it is very rare that no communications this long since the plane went down

Update 7:00am CST – French Prime Minister confirms that plane crashed with 66 aboard.

UPDATE -

Greece: EgyptAir flight abruptly swerves, vanishes over Mediterranean
“It turned 90 degrees left and then a 360- degree turn toward the right, dropping from 38,000 to 15,000 feet and then it was lost at about 10,000 feet,” said Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. At the time, the Airbus A320 had just entered Egyptian airspace.
passengers included 30 Egyptians and 15 French and two Iraqis. Also onboard were one person each from Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria, Canada, Great Britain, Belgium, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. No Americans were reported to be aboard the plane.
Kostas Lintzerakos, the director of Greece's civil aviation authority, told Greek TV station Star the pilot did not report any problems before exiting Greek airspace.

The Plane Is 12 years and 9 months old & Was in Its 5th Flight of the Day...The plane flew from Cairo to Paris earlier on May 18 and was making a return trip, according to FlightRadar24. You can see its full flight history here.

The plane had also flown from Asmara, Eritrea, where it had been overnight, to Cairo, and then from Cairo to Tunis, Tunisia. From there, it flew back to Cairo and then to Paris.

Routine maintenance checks were performed on the plane before the final flight from Paris to Cairo, officials told CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/middleeast/egyptair-flight-804-liveblog/index.html

Related? Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy...mild explosive strombolian activity reported

British Airways Flight 9 On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung (approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia), resulting in the failure of all four engines. The reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or air traffic control.

Islamic State militants statement claims bomb downed EgyptAir from ParisStatement by Islamic State militants claims the group was behind the downing of Egyptian passenger plane from French capital Paris that was pounded for Egypt’s Cairo.

The jihadist group claims bomb inside plane caused explosion that crashed plane. It’s believed all those on board might have died.

French authorities said earlier the plane crashed in southern Mediterranean and later remnants was found near Greek island.

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EgyptAir MS804 crash: With 3 air marshals on board speculation goes to terror attack

Keep in mind:
JihadWatch.org 12/2015: 57 Paris airport workers on terror watch list, “Allahu akbar” scrawled on fuel tank

JihadWatch.org 4/2016: Relax: DHS says airport workers suspected of terror ties have now all been vetted

JihadWatch.org 4/2016: Minneapolis: Muslim airport worker who preached non-violence tries to join Islamic State

NBC 5 investigation found hundreds and perhaps even thousands of airport security badges, known as Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) badges, are unaccounted for across the country