It is likely that the missing Egyptian plane had fallen into the sea

ArabiaWeather.com – Sinan Khalaf – Sources in the Egyptian Ministry of Aviation suggested that the Egyptian plane, with which contact was lost at dawn today, had crashed in the Mediterranean Sea.

EgyptAir had announced that one of its planes had suddenly disappeared from radar screens after entering Egyptian airspace, just 10 minutes before arriving at Cairo International Airport.

The disappeared plane had taken off from "Charles de Gaulle" airport in the French capital, Paris, heading towards Cairo, with 59 passengers on board, in addition to a crew of ten, on its way to Cairo.

According to EgyptAir, the plane - which bears the number 804 - took off at exactly 11:09 minutes Paris time, and disappeared from the radar in the early hours of dawn today, that is, at exactly two o'clock and 45 minutes in the morning Cairo time.