EgyptAir flight crash may have been caused by an explosive device

May 19, 2016 13:43

Update on the EgyptAir crash: The Independent reports that aviation and security experts have suggested that the disappearance of the EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo may have been caused by an explosive device.

There have been conflicting reports about whether the plane sent an emergency distress signal.Air travel expert Julian Bray said no alert being made could mean the airliner suffered a "catastrophic failure" possibly as a result of an explosion.

He told the Press Association: "It has to be a catastrophic failure because everything went dead and they wouldn't have had time to get a message out. It's gone into the deepest part of the Mediterranean."

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