EgyptAir
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French authorities opened a manslaughter inquiry Monday into the May crash of an EgyptAir plane that killed 66 people, saying there is no evidence so far to link it to terrorism. Prosecutor’s office spokesman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said the inquiry was launched as an accident investigation, not a terrorism investigation. She said authorities are “not at…
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National carrier EgyptAir said a plane carrying 69 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo had gone missing on Thursday, disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea. Image: EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo missing. “An official source at EgyptAir stated that Flight MS804, which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST), heading to…
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After a successful but not bloody hijacking of an EgyptAir flight and the forced landing in Cyprus, the hijacker is due to appear in court later today. Cypriot Police spokesperson Andreas Angelidis says they still need to sort out a number of questions before making any decisions about charges. In light of the above, it…
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Thank goodness that a long six-hour hijack drama of EgyptAir’s Airbus-320 ended well. It’s been confirmed that shortly before 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), the hijacker surrendered himself to the authorities though he had warned the security personnel to steer clear of the plane or risk a disastrous explosion. The surrender was televised live…
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