No Aussies believed on EgyptAir plane

EgyptAir has released a list of the nationalities of people who were on board one of its aircraft that has gone missing.

An Egyptair plane in Cyprus

An Egyptair plane flying from Paris to Cairo has disappeared, the airline has tweeted. Source: AAP

No Australians are believed to have been on the EgyptAir plane which disappeared en route to Cairo.

Flight MS804 was carrying 66 people - 56 passengers and 10 crew - from Paris and travelling at 37,000 feet (11,280 metres) when it disappeared from radars.

Thirty of the people on board were from Egypt, with 15 from France, two from Iraq and one each from Canada, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Belgium, Algeria, Portugal, Sudan and Chad, EgyptAir tweeted.


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