Australian dual national was aboard missing EgyptAir plane: Bishop

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop says an Australian-British dual national was aboard missing EgyptAir flight M-S-8-0-4. Ms Bishop says she won't reveal the man's identity but the government is working with British authorities who are providing consular assistance to his family. It comes shortly after the vice chairman of EgyptAir withdrew a claim by the airline that debris found floating in the Mediterranean Sea was from the missing plane.

An Egyptair plane taking off from the Charles de Gaule airport near Paris, France Source: AAP