PARIS, May 19 – An EgyptAir plane has disappeared from radar on a flight between France and Egypt, the airline has confirmed. Flight MS804 took off from Paris at 11.09pm on Wednesday local time, and was scheduled to land in Cairo at 3.15am on Thursday. However EgyptAir said in a statement that it had “disappeared from radar”. There are 59 passengers and 10 crew members on the flight, the airline said.

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