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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning, Egyptian aviation officials confirmed.

Flight MS804 says Airbus A320 Flight 804 carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew disappeared from radar early Thursday morning. The airline said Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo vanished 2:45 a.m. Egypt time.

The plane was an Airbus A320 and that its last known position was above the Mediterranean Sea, reportedly flying at a height of 37,000 ft. It was carrying 56 passengers, according to Egypt's civil aviation, including one child and two babies.

Conditions were clear and calm when the plane crossed over the Mediterranean Sea.

Al Arabiya News Channel's Randa Abu Azm said sources confirmed that the plane went missing 10 miles into Egyptian airspace.

“Egyptian air forces have now been dispatched into the area where the plane is believed to have gone missing. They are beginning search and rescue operations,” Abu Azm said.

Egypt army have said that Greek authorities are currently helping in the search and rescue operations for the missing plane and debris.

Airline authorities said 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, two Iraqis, one Brit, one Belgian, one Sudanese, one Chadian, one Portuguese, one Algerian, one Canadian, one Saudi and one Kuwaiti are on board.