Debris from Missing Paris-to-Cairo Flight Found by Egyptian Military

The Egyptian military has discovered debris from Egyptair flight MS804 that disappeared carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo.

The debris was found about 180 miles north off the coast of the Egyptian city of Alexandria and included seats, passenger's luggage and body parts, reported the AP. The discovery comes shortly after debris found near the Greek island of Karpathos was determined not to be from the missing plane.

In a statement, Egyptair conveyed its "deepest sorrow to the families and friends of the passengers on-board Flight MS804."

The plane disappeared early Thursday morning Eastern Time after exiting Greek air space.

“It turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn toward the right, dropping from 38,000 to 15,000 feet and then it was lost at about 10,000 feet,” Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said.

There is no indication of exactly what caused the plane to fly off course and crash into the Mediterranean, but some authorities suspect it may be a terror attack, including Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathy.

"We do not deny there is apossibility of terrorism or deny the possibility of technical fault," Fathy told reporters in Cairo. "I will continue to use the term missing plane until we find any debris."

Fathy added that the “possibility of a terror attack is higher than that of a technical error."

But since the early Thursday morning disappearance of the flight, no terrorist groups have claimed responsibility for the disaster. Shiraz Maher at the International Center for the Study of Radicalisation in London told the AP that terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaida have quickly claimed responsibility for similar attacks in the past. Maher also told the AP the groups would likely not target a plane with mostly Muslim passengers.

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