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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samuel Osborne

EgyptAir crash: Senior Greek air safety official says debris found in search for MS804 'does not belong to an aircraft'

Debris found so far during the search for the missing EgyptAir flight MS804 does not belong to an aircraft, a senior Greek air safety official has said.

Athanassios Binis, head of Greece's Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board, told state ERT TV "an assessment of the finds showed that they do not belong to an aircraft."

He said this had been confirmed by Egyptian authorities.

Earlier, EgyptAir said floating wreckage belonging to flight MS804 had been found near the Greek island of Karpathios.

Greek military officials said a Greek C-130 military transport plane is still searching for debris from the passenger plane, but a frigate initially sent to the area has been recalled. 

The same officials said all potential debris located so far in the sea has been spotted by Egyptian aircraft. 

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