MS 804
19 May 2016 · Unsolved & Under InvestigationEGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804
Airbus A320 · EgyptAir · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Smoke alerts, then vanished — fire or bomb?
ACARS smoke alerts
Avionics bay fire theory
Oxygen leak theory
Aircraft
Airbus A320
EgyptAir
Route
Paris–Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France
→ Cairo (CAI), Egypt
People
66 on board
66 fatalities
Date
19 May 2016
Flight crew
Captain: Mohamed Shoukair
Category
Unsolved & Under Investigation
The cases with no final answer.
THE STORY
ACARS reported cockpit smoke moments before the A320 vanished over the Mediterranean. Onboard fire or bomb? Investigators still disagree.