EgyptAir Flight MS804 Wreckage Found in Mediterranean

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An advert promoting EgyptAir is seen on the outside of a travel agency in Cairo on May 23, 2016. There were 66 people on board flight MS804 when it disappeared on 19 May while flying... Chris McGrath/Getty

Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say.

A statement said "several main locations of the wreckage" had been identified and a deep sea search vessel had sent back the first images of debris.

There were 66 people on board flight MS804 when it crashed on 19 May while flying from Paris to Cairo.

The Airbus A320 plane vanished from Greek and Egyptian radar screens, apparently without having sent a distress call.

The Egyptian investigation committee said that investigators on board the John Lethbridge search vessel, which has been contracted by the Egyptian government, would now draw up a map of the wreckage distribution.

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