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Egypt, Greece mount maritime search for vanished flight

Published: 19 May 2016 - 08:13 am | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 09:52 am
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 FILE PHOTO - An Egyptair Airbus A320 airbus stands on the runway at Larnaca Airport in Larnaca, Cyprus , March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou /File Photo

Cairo: The Egyptian military deployed search aircraft and naval vessels to locate an EgyptAir flight with 66 people on board that vanished over the Mediterranean on Thursday, the army said.

Greece was also participating in the search for the Airbus A320 that lost radar contact after entering Egyptian airspace en route from Paris, it added.

Greek defence min says it has deployed frigate, military aircraft to southern Mediterranean in an effort to locate missing EgyptAir plane

AFP