LIVE UPDATES:http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2 ... ve-updates10:00AM ETHere’s what we know so far about missing EgyptAir flight MS804.• Possible debris from the missing EgyptAir plane has been found 230 nautical miles west of the Mediterranean island of Crete. A Greek frigate searching for a missing Egyptair aircraft discovered two large plastic floating objects in the sea.
• Egypt’s aviation minister Sherif Fathy said terrorism was more likely than technical failure to be the cause of the crash . “If you analysis the situation properly the possibility of having a terror attack is higher than the possibility of having a technical [problem],” he told reporters.
• French French President François Holland Flight confirmed that the plane crashed and that terrorism could not be ruled out. The EgyptAir Airbus A320 en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cairo, disappeared from radar with 66 people on board.
• Greek defence minister, Panos Kammeno, said the plane made “sudden swerves” before dropping off radar over the Mediterranean. The plane made a 90 degree swerve left and dropped from 37,000 feet to 15,000 feet before swerving 360 degrees right, he said.
11:00PM ETThe head of Russia’s domestic intelligence agency has said he believes the plane was brought down by a terror attack “in all likelihood”.
Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, called for governments to come together to track down those responsible for the “monstrous attack.”
12:00 noon ETGreek defence sources have told multiple news agencies that two large plastic floating objects have been found in the sea 230 nautical miles from Crete.
“There have been finds southeast of Crete, inside the Cairo flight information area,” Greek general staff spokesman Vassilis Beletsiotis said earlier.
Tarek Wahba, the captain of the Maersk Ahram, a ship involved in the search and rescue operation, has posted some pictures on his Facebook account showing debris floating in the sea, which he describes as a “lifejacket and a chair.
We have no confirmation if the debris has anything to do with flight MS804 or where it was found.