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Coordinates:33.6757N28.7924E

EgyptAirFlight804
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EgyptAirFlight804(MS804/MSR804)[b]wasa
scheduledinternationalpassengerflightfromParis
CharlesdeGaulleAirporttoCairoInternationalAirport,
operatedbyEgyptAir,whichcrashedintothe
MediterraneanSeaon19May2016at02:30Egypt
StandardTime(UTC+2).

EgyptAirFlight804

Smokeorfogwasdetectedinoneoftheaircraft's
lavatoriesandintheavionicsbayshortlybeforethe
airplaneradicallychangedcourse,beganarapiddescent,
anddisappearedfromradar.Nomaydaycallwas
receivedbyairtrafficcontrol.Expertsareinvestigating
thecauseofthedisaster.
Therewere66peopleonboard:56passengers,7aircrew,
and3securitypersonnel.Amultinationalsearchand
recoveryoperationisunderway.Wreckagefromthe
aircraftwasfoundintheMediterraneanSea
approximately290km(180mi)northofAlexandria,
Egypt.

Contents
1 Aircraft
2 Flight
3 Passengersandcrew
3.1 Passengers
3.2 Crew
4 Searchandrecoveryefforts
5 Earlyresponses
6 Investigation
7 Seealso
8 Notes
9 References
10 Externallinks

Theaircraftin2011
Occurrencesummary
Date

19May2016

Summary

Underinvestigation

Site

MediterraneanSea
33.6757N28.7924E[a][1]

Passengers

56

Crew

10

Fatalities

66(all,presumed)

Aircrafttype

AirbusA320232

Operator

EgyptAir

Registration

SUGCC

Flightorigin

CharlesdeGaulleAirport,Paris,
France

Destination

CairoInternationalAirport,Cairo,
Egypt

Aircraft
Theaircraftinvolvedwasa12yearoldAirbusA320232,[c]registrationSUGCC,MSN2088.[2]Itmade
itsfirstflighton25July2003,andwasdeliveredtoEgyptAiron3November2003.[3]
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Theflightwastheaircraft'sfifththatday,havingflownfromAsmaraInternationalAirport,Eritrea,to
CairothenfromCairotoTunisCarthageInternationalAirport,Tunisia,andback.Thefinalflightbefore
thecrashwasFlightMS803toParis.[4]

Flight
TheaircraftdepartedforCairoInternationalAirportfrom
CharlesdeGaulleAirporton18May2016at23:09(alltimes
refertoUTC+2,thesummertimeusedbyFranceandthe
standardtimeusedbyEgypt).[5][6][7]
Itwasflyingat37,000ft(11,000m)inclearweatherwhenit
disappeared280km(170mi150nmi)northoftheEgyptian
coast,[8]andaboutthesamedistancefromtheislandof
Kastellorizo,overtheeasternMediterraneanon19May2016
at02:30.[9][10][11]Theaircraftwaslost3hours25minutes
intotheflight.Noemergencycallwasreceivedbyairtraffic
controlpriortothedisappearance.[12]
Theaircraftwasduetolandat03:05.Thoughitwas
originallyreportedthatadistresssignalfromemergency
deviceswasdetectedbytheEgyptianmilitaryat04:26,two
hoursafterthelastradarcontact,officialslaterretractedthis
statement.[13]

RouteofflightMS804ingreen.Theredstar
indicateswhereSUGCC'sADSBsignal
waslost,andtheyellowlineindicates
MS804'sremainingintendedflightpath.

PanosKammenos,theGreekdefenceminister,notedthe
aircraftchangedheading90degreestotheleft,thenturned
360degreestotherightwhileitdroppedfromanaltitudeof
37,000feetto15,000feet(4,600m).[14][15]

Passengersandcrew

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Peopleonboardbycitizenship [16]
Citizenship
No.
Algeria

Australia/
UnitedKingdom [17]

Belgium
Canada

1
2[18][d]

Chad

Egypt

30

France

15

Iraq

Kuwait

Portugal

SaudiArabia

Sudan

Crew

10

Somepassengershadmultiplecitizenship.
Countsarebasedonpreliminarydataanddonottotal
66.

Passengers
Fiftysixpassengersfromthirteendifferentcountrieswereonboard.[16]Threepassengerswerereportedto
bechildren,includingtwoinfants.[20]Thecountwasconfusedbythemultiplecitizenshipstatusofsome
peopleonboard.[17]

Crew
Thecrewoftenconsistedoftwopilots,fiveflightattendants,andthreesecuritypersonnel.[21]Accordingto
EgyptAir,captainMohammedShoukairhad6,275hoursofflyingexperience,including2,101hoursonthe
A320,whilefirstofficerAhmedAssemhad2,766hours.[14][22]

Searchandrecoveryefforts
TheEgyptianCivilAviationMinistryconfirmedthatsearchandrescueteamshavebeendeployedtolook
forthemissingaircraft.SearcheffortsarebeingcarriedoutincoordinationwithGreekauthorities.A
spokesmanfortheEgyptianCivilAviationAgency,hasstatedthattheaircraftmostlikelycrashedintothe
sea.[23]GreecesentaLockheedC130Hercules,anEmbraerEMB145Hearlywarningaircraftandan
Elliclassfrigatetotheareatoparticipateinsearchandrescueefforts.[24]Franceisalsosendingshipsand
aircrafttoassistwiththesearchandrescueoperation.[25][26]TheUnitedKingdomsenttheRoyalFleet
AuxiliaryshipRFALymeBaytoassistwithsearchandrescueefforts.[27]TheUnitedStatesisprovidinga
UnitedStatesNavyLockheedP3COriontoassistinthesearchfortheaircraft.[28]
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Onthedayofthedisaster,19May,at08:30,FrenchPresident
FranoisHollandemetseveralofhisministersduringan
emergencymeetingatthelysePalace.[29]Aspokesmanfor
theFrenchforeignministrysaidcheckswerebeingcarried
outbuttheministryhadnofurtherinformation.ADassault
Falcon50MmaritimepatrolaircraftfromtheFrenchNavy's
squadron24FwasdeployedintheareawheretheEgyptian
Airbuswaspresumedtohavecrashedintothesea.[26]
Lateron19May,Egyptianauthoritiesannouncedthat
wreckagebelievedtobefromtheaircraftwasfound
approximately80km(50mi43nmi)southeastofthe
airliner'slastknownposition,neartheGreekislandof
Karpathos.ThiswasdisputedbyGreece'sleadairaccident
investigator.[30]EgyptAirofficialssubsequentlyretracted
theirclaimthatwreckagefromtheflighthadbeenfound.[31]

AU.S.NavyP3COriontakesofffrom
NavalAirStationSigonellainSicilyto
searchforFlight804

On20May,theEgyptianNavyandAirForcediscovereddebris,bodyparts,passengers'belongings,
luggage,andaircraftseatsatthecrashsite,290km(180mi160nmi)offthecoastofAlexandria,Egypt.
Thesearchforthemainwreckageisstillinprogress.[32]
TheEuropeanSpaceAgencyannouncedon20Maythatithad
possiblydetecteda2kmlongfuelslickat3332N2913E,
about40kilometres(25mi)southeastofthelastknown
locationofFlight804,onimagerycapturedbyitsSentinel1A
satelliteat16:00UTCon19May.[33]

Externalimages
Slick(http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/I
mages/2016/05/Sentinel1A_detects_slick)
detectedbytheESAnearsiteof
disappearance

AFrenchNavyD'Estienned'Orvesclassavisoboat,the
EnseignedevaisseauJacoubet,equippedwithsonarthatcan
pickuptheunderwater"pings"emittedbytheunderwaterlocatorbeaconofthecockpitvoiceandflight
datarecorders(blackboxes),lefttheportofToulonon20May.[34][35]Itwillreachtheareaby23May.[36]
On22May,anEgyptiansubmarineownedbythecountry'sOilMinistrywasdeployedtotrytolocateand
recoverthedatarecorders.PresidentAbdelFattahelSisistatedthatthesubmarineisabletooperateata
depthof3,000metres(1,600fathoms).[37][38][39]

Earlyresponses
TheEgyptianCivilAviationMinistrysaidthatFlight804wasprobablyattacked.[12][40]TwoUSofficials
believedtheaircraftwasdownedbyabomb,[41]andaseniorofficialsaidthatmonitoringequipment
focusedontheareaatthetimedetectedevidenceofanexplosiononboardtheaircraftotherofficialsfrom
multipleUSagenciessaidtheyhadseennoevidenceofanexplosioninsatelliteimageryandanothertwo
intelligenceofficialsstatedthereisnothingyettoindicatefoulplay.[42]

Investigation
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AccordingtoGreekmilitaryradardata,Flight804veeredoffcourseshortlyafterenteringtheEgyptian
flightinformationregion.Atanaltitudeof37,000feet(11,000metres),theaircraftmadea90degreeleft
turn,followedbya360degreerightturn,andthenbegantodescendsharply.Radarcontactwaslostatan
altitudeofabout10,000ft(3,000m).[43][44]
Greece'sMinistryofNationalDefenceisinvestigatingthereportofamerchantshipcaptainwho,on18
May,claimedtohaveseena"fireinthesky"240km(150mi130nmi)southoftheislandofKarpathos.[14]
On20May,itwasreportedthatAircraftCommunicationsAddressingandReportingSystem(ACARS)
messageswiththefollowingcontenthadbeenreceivedfromtheaircraft:[25][e]
00:26Z3044ANTIICERWINDOW
00:26Z561200RSLIDINGWINDOWSENSOR
00:26Z2600SMOKELAVATORYSMOKE
00:27Z2600AVIONICSSMOKE
00:28Z561100RFIXEDWINDOWSENSOR
00:29Z2200AUTOFLTFCU2FAULT
00:29Z2700F/CTLSEC3FAULT
NofurtherACARSmessageswerereceived,andcontactwiththeaircraftwaslostfourminuteslaterat
00:33UTC.[25][45]Thedata,confirmedbyFrance'sBureauofInvestigationsandAnalysis,[46]indicatesthat
smokemayhavebeendetectedinthefrontoftheairlinerinthefrontlavatoryandtheavionicsbay
beneaththecockpit.[45][47]Smokedetectorsofthetypeinstalledontheaircraftcanalsobetriggeredbythe
condensationofwatervapourintheeventofasuddenlossofpressureinsidethecabin.[48]Thethree
windowsmentionedinthedataarecockpitwindows.[49]Theflightcontrolunit(FCU)isacockpitfitted
unitthatthepilotusestoenterinstructionsintotheonboardflightcomputer.Thespoilerelevatorcomputer
number3(SEC3)isoneofthethreecomputersthatcontrolsthespoilersandelevatoractuators.[50]Two
pilotsoneinterviewedbyTheDailyTelegraph,theotherwritingforTheAustralianinterpretedthedata
aspossibleevidenceofabomb.[49][51]
Shortlyafterthedisappearance,Francebegantoinvestigatewhethertherehadbeenasecuritybreachat
ParisCharlesdeGaulleAirport.[52]
On22May,theFrenchtelevisionstationM6reportedthat,contrarytoofficialstatements,oneofthepilots
toldCairoairtrafficcontrolaboutsmokeinthecabin,anddecidedtomakeanemergencydescent.[53]Later
thatsameday,thereportwasdismissedasfalsebytheEgyptianCivilAviationMinistry.[54]

Seealso
AccidentsandincidentsinvolvingtheAirbusA320family

Notes
a.Lastknownlocation
b.Abbreviatedformsoftheflightnamecombinetheairline'sIATAairlinecode(MS)orICAOairlinecode(MSR)
withtheflightnumber.
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c.TheaircraftwasanAirbusA320200model,alsoknownastheA320ceotodistinguishitfromthenewer
A320neotheinfix32specifiesitwasfittedwithIAEV2527A5engines.
d.IncludesonepassengerwithdualEgyptianCanadiancitizenship.[19]
e.Eacheventisprecededbyafourdigittimestampbeginningat00.26(UTCor"Zulutime").Thesecondnumber
isanidentitycode.

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