The mission has moved from "search and rescue" to "search and recovery," EgyptAir official Ahmed Adel told CNN. The EgyptAir plane, en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board, crashed Thursday into the Mediterranean Sea, officials said. EgyptAir Flight MS804 left Paris at 11:09 p.m. and was scheduled to land at 3:05 a.m., Cairo time. EgyptAir Flight MS804 was flying from Paris to Cairo and vanished from radar with 66 people on board. Reuters Map locating the flight path of EgyptAir Flight MS804 which disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea enroute from Paris to Cairo.

Source: Huffington Post May 18, 2016 21:50 UTC