An EgyptAir Plane with 66 persons on board, on Thursday morning, disappeared from radar after it lost communication with the radar system .

The flight, heading from Paris to Cairo, Egypt, is said to have departed from Charles de Gaulle airport at 11:09 p.m. carrying 59 passengers and 7 crew members,

Search and rescue operations have reportedly began.

An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

An informed source at EGYPTAIR reported that EGYPTAIR Flight No MS 804 has lost communication with radar tracking system at 02:45 (CLT)

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

EGYPTAIR A320 was at a height of 37.000ft, and disappeared after entering the Egyptian airspace with 10 miles.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

EGYPTAIR has contacted the concerned authorities and bodies and inspection is underway through the rescue teams.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

An informed source at EGYPTAIR declared that its flight number MS804 had 56 passengers on board.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

including 1 child and 2 infants in addition to 3 EGYPTAIR security personnel and 7 cabin crew with a total of 66 persons on board.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

Noteworthy that the aircraft pilot has 6275 of flying hours including 2101 flying hours on Airbus 320.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

Noteworthy that the aircraft pilot has 6275 of flying hours including 2101 flying hours on Airbus 320.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

As for the co-pilot he has 2766 flying hours. The manufacturing date of the aircraft in 2003.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

Special teams from the Egyptian Armed Forces were are at site located for inspection and rescue.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016