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EgyptAir said in a brief statement that Flight 804, an Airbus A320 aircraft, left Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on late Wednesday evening and was due to arrive at Cairo International Airport on early Thursday morning. A total of 56 passengers and 10 crew were on board.
A search and rescue operation involving multiple ships and aircraft was underway on late Thursday morning, but nothing had been found by 12:30 p.m. Cairo time, more than 10 hours after Flight MS808 disappeared from radar screens.
The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet when it suddenly disappeared from radar screens at 2:30 a.m. Cairo time, at which time it was about 280 kilometers from the Egyptian coast, according to Egyptian officials. The aircraft had been expected to land at Cairo International Airport at 3:15 a.m.
French President François Hollande confirmed on early Thursday afternoon that the aircraft was believed to have crashed into the sea.
EgyptAir said 66 people were on board the flight, including 10 crew members. The nationalities of the passengers include 30 Egyptians, 15 French, 2 Iraqis, 1 Briton, 1 Belgian, 1 Kuwaiti, 1 Saudi, 1 Sudanese, 1 Chadian, 1 Portuguese, 1 Algerian, and 1 Canadian. The nationalities of the crew members were not immediately released.
The cause of Thursday's suspected crash was not immediately known, but air traffic control said there had been no indication of a problem, and satellite imagery showed clear skies at the time of the incident. Both French and Egyptian prime ministers said they were unable to rule out any possibility, including terrorism.
Thursday's incident comes less than a year after Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed in northern Sinai in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board. Russian investigators blamed the crash on a bomb claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS), and Egypt's president later acknowledged the crash as a terrorist attack.
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Satellite showed clear skies at time EgyptAir flight disappeared from radar, suggesting weather was not a factor pic.twitter.com/XImpD2Tiei — BNO News (@BNONews) May 19, 2016
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L'Airbus A320 d'EgyptAir qui a disparu (ici en 2011)

Un  d' qui assurait le vol MS804 entre  et  a disparu des écrans radar à environ 280 km au nord de la ville portuaire égyptienne d' alors qu'il volait à 3000 mètres d'altitude. 66 personnes se trouvaient à bord et la compagnie aérienne annonce avoir lancé une opération de recherche et de sauvetage. La piste terroriste est privilégiée.

Juste avant sa disparition, l'appareil qui volait à 11 280 m d’altitude, a effectué un virage de 90° à gauche, puis un autre vers la droite de 360° avant de plonger de 7000 mètres. Son signal a disparu à 3000 mètres d'altitude.


'''Nationalités des passagers :'''
* 30 Égyptiens
* 15 Français
* 2 Irakiens
* 1 Britannique
* 1 Belge
* 1 Koweïtien
* 1 Saoudien
* 1 Soudanais
* 1 Tchadien
* 1 Portugais
* 1 Algérien
* 1 Canadien.