No Indonesian at EgyptAir Missing Flight MS804
Kamis, 19 Mei 2016 - 13:34 WIB
No Indonesian at EgyptAir Missing Flight MS804
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CAIRO - An EgyptAir passenger jet carrying 66 passengers has vanished en route to Cairo. Not listed Indonesia citizen (WNI) who enrolled in this flight.
"Since this morning, we find out if there are Indonesia citizens who participated in this flight. And this afternoon, we get news if no Indonesia citizen who participated in flight MS804," said Lauti Nia Sutedja, Head of Information and Socio Cultural Affairs, Embassy Republic of Indonesia, Cairo, Egypt to Sindonews on Thursday (19/5).
She added, EgyptAir has published a list of most of those on board by nationality, consisting of 30 Egyptian, 15 French, 2 Iraqi, 1 British, 1 Belgian, 1 Sudanese, 1 Chadian, 1 Portuguese, 1 Algerian.
For note, flight MS804 departed from Paris on Wednesday evening and lost contact with ground crews at 2.45am local time, about 16 km (10 miles) inside Egyptian airspace.
The 12 year old Airbus A320-232 was about 40 minutes from its destination. It was the aircraft’s fifth flight of the day, including journeys to Asmara, Eritrea and Carthage in Tunisia.
The airline’s vice-chairman, Ahmed Abdel, told CNN the plane made no distress call. There were “no recorded snags coming out of Cairo” or reported before leaving Charles de Gaulle, he said.
The captain had also recorded more than 6,000 flying hours, including 2,000 hours in that model, Abdel said. There had not been any special cargo or notification of dangerous goods on board, he added.
The plane was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew: two cockpit crew, five cabin crew and three security personnel. The airline said two babies and one child were on board.
Search and rescue efforts are underway at the site where contact was lost, around 50-65km (30-40 miles) north of Egypt’s coast.
The plane, on its fifth journey of the day, was travelling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared from radar.
EgyptAir says the captain has 6,275 flying hours, including 2,101 on the A320; the copilot has 2,766. The plane was manufactured in 2003.
There is no detail yet on possible reasons for the plane’s disappearance.
"Since this morning, we find out if there are Indonesia citizens who participated in this flight. And this afternoon, we get news if no Indonesia citizen who participated in flight MS804," said Lauti Nia Sutedja, Head of Information and Socio Cultural Affairs, Embassy Republic of Indonesia, Cairo, Egypt to Sindonews on Thursday (19/5).
She added, EgyptAir has published a list of most of those on board by nationality, consisting of 30 Egyptian, 15 French, 2 Iraqi, 1 British, 1 Belgian, 1 Sudanese, 1 Chadian, 1 Portuguese, 1 Algerian.
For note, flight MS804 departed from Paris on Wednesday evening and lost contact with ground crews at 2.45am local time, about 16 km (10 miles) inside Egyptian airspace.
The 12 year old Airbus A320-232 was about 40 minutes from its destination. It was the aircraft’s fifth flight of the day, including journeys to Asmara, Eritrea and Carthage in Tunisia.
The airline’s vice-chairman, Ahmed Abdel, told CNN the plane made no distress call. There were “no recorded snags coming out of Cairo” or reported before leaving Charles de Gaulle, he said.
The captain had also recorded more than 6,000 flying hours, including 2,000 hours in that model, Abdel said. There had not been any special cargo or notification of dangerous goods on board, he added.
The plane was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew: two cockpit crew, five cabin crew and three security personnel. The airline said two babies and one child were on board.
Search and rescue efforts are underway at the site where contact was lost, around 50-65km (30-40 miles) north of Egypt’s coast.
The plane, on its fifth journey of the day, was travelling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared from radar.
EgyptAir says the captain has 6,275 flying hours, including 2,101 on the A320; the copilot has 2,766. The plane was manufactured in 2003.
There is no detail yet on possible reasons for the plane’s disappearance.
(rnz)
