According to preliminary data, no Armenian citizens were on board an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo that disappeared from radar, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said in a Facebook post Thursday, May 19.
The Airbus A320 was flying at 11,300m when it went missing over the eastern Mediterranean. An official said the plane lost contact with radar at 02:45 Cairo time (00:45 GMT).
EgyptAir says search and rescue teams have been deployed.
EgyptAir says the plane disappeared about 16km into Egyptian air space and the relevant authorities have been notified. The search operation is being co-ordinated with the Greek authorities.
