Wrekage of EgyptAir Flight 804 located in the Mediterranean Sea

 

Wreckage of the EgyptAir Flight 804 which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in the early hours of Thursday morning have been found by searchers scouring the heavily traveled waters according to the airline Vice Chairman Ahmed Adel.
The debris was found floating near the Greek Island of Karpathos about 150 nautical miles north of the Egyptian coast, Adel said. He also said the search and rescue operation was "turning into a search and recovery" mission.

A spokesman for Greece's Hellenic National Defense General Staff had earlier said two floating objects 210 nautical miles southeast of Crete were spotted by crew aboard an Egyptian search aircraft. 

Speculation as to the reason for the crash has centered on the possibility of a terrorist attack.

Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi said technical failures and terror are both possible explanations.

"But if you analyze this situation properly, the possibility of having a different action aboard, of having a terror attack, is higher than having a technical problem," Fathi said.

The Egypt’s aviation minister said, the flight was more likely brought down by a terror attack than technical problems.