Flight MS804: Human remains from EgyptAir crash suggest an explosion took place on board

Forensic evidence has pointed to an explosion happening, as well as previous evidence that the smoke alarm was activated.

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by Hayley Kadrou |
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After the plane travelling from Paris to Cairo went missing and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last week, experts have desperately been trying to uncover what happened on board to cause the tragic events.

And now Egyptian forensic officials have found evidence to suggest that an explosion happened on board the EgyptAir flight, after examining the human remains found at the crash site.

All 66 people on board the flight tragically died in the incident.

The forensic studying the remains - who spoke anonymously to reporters - explained:

"There isn’t even a whole body part, like an arm or a head. The logical explanation is that it was an explosion."

However the black box (the electronic recording device on board) is yet to be recovered from the wreckage, which may hold the key to what really happened in the time the plane left Paris.

In the intial day after the disapperance of the flight, it was thought human action brought the plane down, as Greece's defence minister told how the aircraft swerved 90 degrees and then all the way aroud before plummeting.

But now an Egyptian aviation offical, Ehab Azmy, has said he believes this wasn't in fact the case, as it had been flying at it's normal height of 37,000ft (11,280m) before disappearing.

"That fact degrades what the Greeks are saying about the aircraft suddenly losing altitude before it vanished from radar.

"There was no turning to the right or left, and it was fine when it entered Egypt's FIR [flight information region], which took nearly a minute or two before it disappeared," he explained.

It was reported last week that the smoke detectors in the toilet were activated just minutes before the disapperance and eventual crash, too.

The plane took up from Barcelona earlier that day
The plane took up from Barcelona earlier that day

Flight MS804 update: Debris and suspected bodies found of plane crashed in Mediterranean Sea

New reports suggest bodies and debris have been found in the search for mising flight MS804.

"There have been finds south-east of Crete, inside the Cairo flight information area," Greek army general staff spokesman Vassilis Beletsiotis told Agence France-Presse.

The plane travelling from Paris to Cairo went missing this morning, and it's now been confirmed that it crashed after a sudden swerve. It is suspected to be the result of an attack on the air craft, but this is not confirmed and only speculation at this point.

Egyptian minister of aviation Sherif Fathy has said of the news:

"Let's not try to jump to the side that is trying to identify this as a technical failure - on the contrary. The situation may point - and I say 'may' because I don't want to speculate and I don't want to go to assumptions like others - but if you analyse the situation properly, the possibility of having a different action, or having a terror attack, is higher than the possibility of having a technical [fault]."

Flight MS804 update: Egyptian authorities confirm plane has crashed

After the new this morning that a plane travelling between Paris and Cairo had gone missing, it has now been strongly feared that it has crashed.

The flight carrying 66 people went missing shorting after entering Egpytian air space.

Panos Kammeno, Greek Defence Minister, has stated that the plane made a 'sharp turn and descent' before it dispappeared from the radar.

French President Francois Hollande told in a press conference stated:

"The information we have gathered - ministers, members of government and, of course, the Egyptian authorities - confirm, sadly, that it has crashed. It is lost."

Although he insited the no theory into the cause of the crash has been ruled out.

Hollande said:

"We have also the duty to know everything about the causes of what has happened, no hypothesis should be ruled out or preferred.

"I want that everything should be put at the disposition of the Greek and Egyptian authorities so that we can liaise with them.

"We have to send them ships and planes to make sure and to locate where the plane has crashed, and to do whatever we can to collect the debris that will allow us to know and find the truth."

It has been suspected the plane's downfall could be an act of terrorism, as BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner says:

"There were no distress calls that we know of, which would imply that something sudden and catastrophic took place that gave the crew no time to put out a distress call. This is 2016 - planes don't just fall out of the sky. The suspicion is that it's an act of terrorism of some form, which means was it shot down or was a bomb put on board, if that is the case."

Although the Egyptian minister of aviation Sherif Fathy has said they're "not ruling out it was a terrorist attack or mechanical failure."

Flight MS804: EgyptAir plane travelling from Paris to Cairo ‘disappeared off radar’

It has been reported that an EgyptAir flight travelling between Paris and Ciaro has gone missing on path.

66 people were aboard the flight, including one Briton. 56 on these are said to be passengers, and the remaining ten crew members.

The plane disappeared after flying over the Mediterranean, not long after entering into Egyptian air space.

A Civil Aviation Ministry statement has said there is a “possibility that the plane crashed has been confirmed” as it’s thought the flight may have crashed at sea. Some reports are saying the plane has crashed near the Greek Mediterranean island of Karpathos, but this has not been confirmed.

The flight left Charles de Gaulle in Paris on Wednesday at 23:09 (21:09 GMT). It was set to land in Cairo jus after 03:00 Egyptian time.

Greek authorities have united with the Egyptian forces in an effort to locate the missing flight as soon as possible.

Reportedly, the last contact between plane and flight controllers was approximately 10 minutes before the disappearance, and there were no reports of anything unusual, and no distress signal called.

The Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has arrived along with families of passengers at the airport in Cairo awaiting further news.

Among the passengers are 30 Egyptians, 15 French and 10 other nationalities, including the Briton.

We will give you further updates on this at they develop.

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