BBC now reporting:
"The plane had a problem at take-off and then tried to turn around and it was at that moment that it apparently crashed off the coast," junior French transport minister Dominique Bussereau told reporters at Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Does anyone know why the flight was planned to land in Cairo before onward sector to Paris? Seems too short for a tech stop and there were no seats left to be filled.
Take off engine failure over the sea at night. Not nice if true.
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