Paris: Debris from
missing EgyptAir Flight MS804, including passengers’ body parts and belongings
have been found.
In a tweet on Friday
early evening local time, EgyptAir said that the Egyptian Military and Marine
Forces had “discovered more debris”, adding that the wreckage found also
included luggage and aircraft seats. “Search is still in progress”, the
Egyptian flagship carrier tweeted.
Meanwhile, the
Aviation Herald, which reports on aviation news, reported on Friday that it had
received information from “three independent channels” that the plane’s
communications system had sent messages saying that there was smoke in the
lavatory and in “avionics” and that there were faults in the “FCU” and “SEC 3.”
Reportedly, the avionics bay is where much of a plane’s electronic
equipment is housed. The FCU, or flight control unit, refers to a control panel
used by the pilot to control settings such as speed and altitude. Reportedly,
SEC 3 is a computer that controls the plane's spoilers and elevator computers.
Flight MS804
disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea in the early hours of
Thursday while en route from Paris to Cairo. It was carrying 66 people — 56
passengers, including a child and two infants, as well as three of the airline’s
security staff and seven crew members.
A veteran pilot -
Mahamed Saeed Ali Shouqair – was the flight’s commander.
Reportedly, Greek air
traffic controllers communicated normally with the pilot as the plane left
Greek air space but were unable to contact the plane shortly after when
attempting to hand communications to Egyptian air traffic controllers. The
plane was about ten miles into Egypt’s air space and at an altitude of 37,000
feet when it disappeared from radar screens.
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