EgyptAir Crash Investigators Find Explosives Traces on Victims
- First time Egypt finds evidence indicating terrorism
- Experts baffled by May 19 tragedy that killed 66 people
Some of the passengers' belongings and parts of the wreck of EgyptAir flight MS804 are seen as more wreckage found north of Alexandria, in Egypt on May 21, 2016.
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Egyptian investigators found traces of explosives on victims of the crashed EgyptAir jet that went down over the Mediterranean seven months ago, in the clearest indication so far that terrorism may have caused the fatal incident.
The findings have been referred to Egypt’s public prosecutor to determine whether a criminal act caused the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo, the Egyptian civil aviation ministry said in an e-mailed statement Thursday.