EgyptAir flight MS804 found off coast of Alexandria, Egyptian military reports

THE Egyptian army has reportedly found body parts, two seats, and suitcases as well as debris from the missing EgyptAir plane 290km north of Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea.
Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said officials received word from Egyptian authorities of the findings which were made slightly south of where the plane vanished from radar signals.
It comes as EgyptAir released the names of the pilot and co-pilot as Mohamed Said Aly Aly Shakeer’s and the co-pilot as Mohamed Mamdouh Assem in a statement toNBC News.

Their Facebook pages have been turned into memorials as friends express their condolences.

The flight attendants were named as Mervat Zaki Zakri Mohamed, Atef Lutfy Abdel Lateef Amin, Samir Ezzedin Safwat Youssef, Haitham Mostafa Azz al Hameed Al Azzizi and Yara Hani Farag Tawfiq.

The three man security detail included Mohamed Ahmed Abd al Razak Abd al Kareem, Ahmed Mohamed Magdy Ahmad and Mohamed Abdel Monim Al Ghoneimy al Kyal.

An Egyptian interior minister said the pilots had “no known political affiliations” and had passed routine background checks.

Earlier, Egyptian army spokesman Brig. General Mohammed Samir confirmed the findings on Facebook.

“The Egyptian aircraft and ships also found [Friday] morning personal items of some passengers of the plane,” he said.



It also emerged the plane had previously travelled to Eritrea, Tunisia and Belgium before making the trip from Paris to Cairo on which it mysteriously vanished.

Egyptian President Adbel Fattah al-Sisi has expressed “deep sadness and extreme regret” over the crash which is tantamount to acknowledging the deaths of the 66 passengers and crew on board.

It follows French President Francois Hollande’s comments yesterday over the “loss” of the plane.