EgyptAir crash: No survivors, relatives told
May 20, 2016 19:21
The Washington Post quoting an Egyptian paper reports the countrys civil aviation minister as
telling the relatives of the victims of the EgyptAir crash that there
are no survivors. The daily Al-Masry Al-Youm says Sherif Fathi told
the families on Friday that the Egyptian armed forces are doing their
best to locate the wreckage and personal belongings of the victims.
The Post also reports that the The European Space Agency says one of its satellites has spotted a possible oil slick in the same area of the Mediterranean Sea where EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared.
The EgyptAir plane en route from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed into the Mediterranean sea off the Greek island of Crete on Thursday with Egypt saying it was more likely caused by a terror attack than technical problems.
The Post also reports that the The European Space Agency says one of its satellites has spotted a possible oil slick in the same area of the Mediterranean Sea where EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared.
The agency says its Sentinel-1A radar satellite detected the 2 kilometer- (1.2 mile-) long slick about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of the planes last known location. It gave the coordinates as 33 32 N / 29 13 E.
ESA says the information was passed to relevant authorities late Thursday to aid their search-and-rescue operations. The agency cautioned that there was no guarantee the slick was from the missing aircraft.
It said the sister satellite Sentinel-2A will pass above the same area on Sunday and images will be studied for further clues as to the planes fate.
The EgyptAir plane en route from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed into the Mediterranean sea off the Greek island of Crete on Thursday with Egypt saying it was more likely caused by a terror attack than technical problems.
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