The EgyptAir flight that crashed over the Mediterranean last week displayed no signs of technical issues before departing from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, according to a technical log signed by the plane’s pilot before takeoff. The Aircraft Technical … read more
(Reuters) – Egypt denied entry to the Cairo correspondent of the La Croix newspaper and RTL radio without explanation after detaining him at the airport overnight, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Remy Pigaglio, who had been based in … read more
The ROV submarine tasked with searching for the black box of EgyptAir flight MS804 in the Mediterranean awaits the arrival of a French ship equipped to receive signals from the box. A government source told Daily News Egypt that the … read more
Hend El-Behary It has been seventeen years since US investigators suggested co-pilot Gameel El-Batouti intentionally caused EgyptAir flight 990 to crash into the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of America in an act of suicide that killed all 216 … read more
Egypt Independent Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has revealed that Egypt is in the process of arranging a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in attendance of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo soon, Al-Youm … read more
Tens of grieving EgyptAir pilots and cabin crew mourned in uniform Monday their fellow colleagues and passengers who died on an EgyptAir plane that crashed while en route from Paris to Cairo. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Aviation Minister Sherif … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – An Egyptian appeals court revoked on Tuesday five-year prison sentences handed down earlier this month to 47 defendants for “inciting protests” against the president’s decision to transfer two islands to Saudi control. A maritime border demarcation agreement … read more
Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Tayeb said on Tuesday that Al-Azhar would support French president Francois Hollande in correcting the perception of Islam after recent terrorist attacks in France and Belgium. Al-Tayeb, who met with the French president on Tuesday, … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – An Egypt-led investigation committee will release a preliminary report on Thursday’s crash of EgyptAir’s Cairo-Paris flight MS804 in one month, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Sunday. Ayman al-Moqadem, the head of Egypt’s Air Accidents Investigation department, was quoted in … read more
(Reuters) – Egypt’s head of forensics denied reports that an initial examination of human remains belonging to victims aboard the EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean pointed towards an explosion, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday. “Everything published … read more