President Obama Speaks at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
CAIRO - The White House says it"s too early to say definitively what caused an EgyptAir flight to crash into the Mediterranean Sea.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says investigators will consider all factors and possibilities. He says nothing has been ruled in or out. Earnest says the U.S. is ready to help with the investigation and that the U.S. Navy is working to deploy a P-3 Orion aircraft in the search.
The White House says President Barack Obama is getting multiple updates about the crash. Earnest says the president is sending his prayers to families of those on the place. Earnest says U.S. national security and aviation experts are in contact with their counterparts in France and Egypt to offer assistance.
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8:58 update: EgyptAir crash deemed "more likely" terror act than tech failure.
Greek official says that a search plane has located two orange items believed to be from the plane.
Law enforcement sources say the FBI will offer assistance to investigators in the EgyptAir incident.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------6:22 update: French and Egyptian officials say that EgyptAir flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
The Greek defense minister says that EgyptAir flight 804 made abrupt turns and suddenly lost altitude.
Officials say the plane fell 22,000 feet then spun sharply before it disappeared.
The flight left Paris at 11:09 p.m. local time and lost contact at 2:30 a.m.3:15 a.m. was the expected arrival into the Cairo airport.
French President Francois Hollande says that "No hypothesis ruled out" on plane"s disappearance and crash.
Officials say no Americans were on board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EgyptAir says an Airbus A320 carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew members has disappeared from radar.
The airline says Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo vanished 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Egypt time, 10 miles after it entered Egyptian air space.
A spokesman for the Egyptian civil aviation agency tells SkyNews Arabia that the plane most likely crashed into the sea.
Source: http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/WhiteHouse-says-too-early-to-say-what-caused-crashed-380069281-380239521.html
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