EgyptAir wreckage found in Mediterranean
Military says debris from plane found in Mediterranean, after EgyptAir rowed back on announcement that wreckage had been spotted.
The navy had also found some of the passengers’ belongings and was sweeping the area in search of the plane’s black box.
The EgyptAir flight, which was carrying 66 people in it, disappeared from the radar on Thursday.
The flight was flying from French capital Paris to Cairo.
Egypt has been leading the search effort, with support from France, Greece and Turkey. The US navy had dispatched a P-3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft from a base in Sicily.
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