EgyptAir Flight 804 · Mediterranean Sea
On May 19, 2016, EgyptAir Flight 804 (Mediterranean Sea). 66 people died.
- Date
- May 19, 2016
- Place
- Mediterranean Sea
- Operator
- EgyptAir
- Killed
- 66
- Position
- 33.676°N, 28.792°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q24091473
From Wikipedia
EgyptAir Flight 804 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport, operated by EgyptAir. On 19 May 2016 at 02:33 Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2), the Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 occupants on board.
No mayday call was received by air traffic control, although signals that smoke had been detected in one of the aircraft's lavatories and in the avionics bay were automatically transmitted via ACARS shortly before the aircraft disappeared from radar. The last communications from the aircraft prior to its submersion were two transmissions from its emergency locator transmitter that were received by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme. Debris from the aircraft was found in the Mediterranean Sea approximately 290 km (180 mi) north of Alexandria. Nearly four weeks after the crash, several main sections of wreckage were identified on the seabed, and both flight recorders were recovered in a multinational search and recovery operation.
Text from Wikipedia, “EgyptAir Flight 804”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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