Saturday, 21 May 2016

What we know about Egypt Air 804

EgyptAir Flight 804 vanished from radar Thursday morning on its way from paris to Cairo. question abound, including the location of the vital, so called ''Black boxes''.

Here's what we know so far:

Debris found
Egyptian armed forces found debris from Flight 804 in the Mediterranean on friday, according to spokesman Brig Gen.
passenger belongings and parts of the aircraft were found 180 miles (290 kilometres) north of the coastal city of Alexandria, according to a statement from the armed forces. Later, a greek military spokesman said Egyptian searchers said they'd also found a body part and a portion of an airline seat.

The European space agency said on of its satellites had spotted an oil slick in the general area where the plane disappeared. the slick could be entirely unrelated, the agency warned.

The disappearance and the data
Greek air traffic controllers talked to the pilot when the plane was near the greek island of Kea. Everything seemed fine until the plane, now over the eastern Mediterranean sea, approached Egyptian airspace.

Todays major heads up

1.    Traditional rulers declare support for FG on new fuel price

2.    FRSC begins tyre monitoring exercise Monday 3, June

3.   FG to stop subsidy on Agriculture