EgyptAir plane

EgyptAir jet’s flight recorder repaired

Cairo - Arab Today

One of the two black box flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month has been repaired, Egypt’s investigation commission said Tuesday, prompting hopes it could provide clues on why the aircraft went down. The two black box recorders were found two weeks ago, but were too damaged to extract information on what caused theRead more

2nd black box of doomed EgyptAir plane retrieved

Cairo - Arab Today

The flight data recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last month has been retrieved, the ministry of civil aviation said Friday. After the success in retrieving the cockpit voice recorder of the doomed A320; John Lethbridge, the vessel contracted by the Egyptian Government; has managed to retrieve the second black box which is the flightRead more

Black box recovered from EgyptAir crash site

Cairo - Arab Today

A search team on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month in a major step toward establishing the cause of the tragedy. The device was found broken into pieces but the salvage experts managed to retrieve the recorder’s crucial memory unit, Egypt’s civil aviation authority said. Officials are preparing toRead more

Egypt: it has found plane wreckage

Cairo - Arab Today

Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board. The committee said in a statement late Wednesday that a vessel contracted by the Egyptian government to join the search efforts for the data recorders and the wreckage of the doomed A320 ” had identified severalRead more

Hijacker fights extradition to Egypt

Nicosia - Arab Today

A hijacker who threatened to blow up an EgyptAir plane told the flight crew that he was doing so because he opposes Egypt’s military-backed government while his extradition could endanger him because authorities in his homeland don’t respect human rights, his lawyer said Monday. Lawyer Robertos Brahimis told a Cypriot court that both the pilot and copilot of the AirbusRead more

Beacon from Egypt crash detected, search narrows

Cairo - Arab Today

A French vessel that joined the search for the EgyptAir plane which crashed last week killing all 66 people on board arrived Friday in the crash area, as Egyptian officials said search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the doomed aircraft. According to Egyptian officials, the French ship is carrying equipment that canRead more

Mass to commemorate EgyptAir plane victims in Cairo

Cairo - Arab Today

Bishop Daniel of Cairo's Maadi district and Bishop Julius of Old Cairo Churches on Sunday led a funeral Mass, staged by the Coptic Orthodox Church at the St. Peter & St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Abbassiya, to commemorate the victims of the EgyptAir plane crash. EgyptAir flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers andRead more

Sisi observes one minute of silence over victims of EgyptAir plane crash

Damietta - Arab Today

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asked on Sunday the gathering attending the opening of MOPCO fertilizer factory expansions in Damietta governorate to observe a moment of silence in mourning of the victims of EgyptAir plane crash. Airbus A320 crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while en route from Paris to Cairo on Thursday, killing 66 persons on board. Source : MENARead more

Armed Forces: Some parts of doomed plane's wreckage found north Alexandria

Cairo - MENA

The Egyptian Armed Forces announced that their elements found some parts of EgyptAir plane that vanished off radar at dawn Thursday with 66 persons on board. In a statement on Friday, the Armed Forces said that personal belongings of passengers and parts of the plane's wreckage have been found some 290 kilometres north of Alexandria city. Search operations will continueRead more