Much mystery still surrounds the circumstances that led to the EgyptAir flight MS804 plummeting from the sky, although leaked flight data has revealed smoke in the lavatory and a number of alarms going off in the moments before the crash.

At least for the families of those lost it doesn’t look set to be another drawn out affair like MH370, wreckage already having been found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Below are some of the images courtesy of Sky News:

More below on the crash from News24:

Officials caution it’s still too early to say what happened to the aircraft — France’s foreign minister said on Saturday that “all the hypotheses are being examined” — but mounting evidence points to a sudden, dramatic catastrophe that led to its crash into the eastern Mediterranean early Thursday…

“If they lost the aircraft within three minutes that’s very, very quick,” said aviation security expert Philip Baum. “They were dealing with an extremely serious incident.”

Authorities say the plane lurched left, then right, spun all the way around and plummeted 38 000 feet (11 582 metres) into the sea — never issuing a distress call.

Hopefully authorities can find the plane’s black box some time soon, finally shedding some light on exactly what caused the dramatic and sudden crash.

[sourcea:skynews&news24]

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