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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