It has been revealed that the missing EgyptAir plane that left Paris for Cairo made two sharp turns before tumbling into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece’s defence minister, Panos Kammenos has said.
He said the Airbus A320 “turned 90 degrees left and a 360-degree turn to the right” and dipped more than 6,700m (20,000ft) before vanishing from radar.
Sixty-six people were on board, most of them Egyptian and French. A search by Egyptian and Greek armed forces is under way in seas south of the Greek island of Karpathos. France has offered to help by sending boats and planes.
Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi, said in a news conference that either terrorism or a technical failure is the reason behind the mishap.
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