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25th ST. ANOTHER CRASH
PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ROAD
THERE.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
EGYPTIAN AVIATION OFFICIALS SAY
EGYPTAIR FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO
CAIRO HAS CRASHED.
THE BIG REALITY IS LIVE IN
LONDON WITH DETAILS.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
A CAPTAIN FROM A GREEK SHIP
REPORTED SEEING A FLAME IN THE
SKY AROUND THE TIME THE PLANE
VANISHED.
TEAMS FROM GREECE AND EGYPT
HAVE LAUNCHED A DAUNTING SEARCH
EFFORT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
EGYPT CONFIRMED NEWS OF THE
MISSING PLANE MOMENTS AFTER
EGYPTAIR OFFICIALS MADE THE
REVELATION ON TWITTER.
THE JETLINER CARRYING 56 PEOPLE
INCLUDING 10 CREWMEMBERS LEFT
PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
40 MINUTES FROM REACHING CAIRO
THE PLANE VANISHED OVER THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PILOT LAST
MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND
CONTROL 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE
PLANE OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
THE PILOT ALSO MADE NO DISTRESS
CALL.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
EGYPTAIR HAS MADE HEADLINES.
IN MARCH A PLANE WAS HIJACKED
AND DIVERTED TO CYPRUS BY A MAN
WHO IS MENTALLY UNSTABLE.
IN 1999 ONE OF THE FLIGHT
CRASHED INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
IS A MASSACHUSETTS ISLAND OF
NANTUCKET.
ALL TWO AT 17 PEOPLE ON BOARD
THAT PLANE WERE KILLED.
THE PLANE'S COPILOT SWITCH OFF
THE AUTOPILOT AND POINTED THE
BOEING 767 DOWNWARD BEFORE THE
CRASH.
OFFICIALS INSIST MECHANICAL AIR
WAS TO BLAME.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THAT
THIS POINT HE CANNOT RULE OUT
THE POSSIBILITY THIS LATEST
CRASH WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK.
ONE CHILD AND BABIES WERE AMONG
56 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
NO AMERICANS WERE ON THE FLIGHT.
IMAGINE THE TERROR
POSSIBILITY NOT RULED OUT.
WITH LOW 40s DUE TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THAT'S INVOLVED?
Reporter: AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE SEARCH EFFORT WILL PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE.
THE BLACKBOX AND VOICE RECORDER
COULD HOLD CLUES.
ALSO ANY DEBRIS -- WEIDER
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT DEBRIS
MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOUND.
INVESTIGATORS LOOK AT THE
DEBRIS AND CAN DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THE PLANE FELL
APART UPON CRASHING OR WHETHER
THERE WAS A POSSIBLE EXPLOSION