Britain's Daily Telegraph quoted a French security source as saying "We cannot rule out the possibility of a terrorist attack." In March, an EgyptAir plane was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus. Later, the French military said a Falcon surveillance jet monitoring the Mediterranean for migrants had been diverted to help search for the EgyptAir plane. Defense officials told Fox News Thursday that the U.S. Navy is flying P-3 reconnaissance aircraft to assist in the search effort. In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 1990 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Massachusetts island of Nantucket, killing all 217 people aboard.

Source: Fox News May 18, 2016 21:53 UTC