خيّمت مظاهر الحزن والترقب على أجواء مطار القاهرة الدولي مع توافد أهالي ركاب الطائرة المصرية التي اختفت في البحر المتوسط فجر اليوم الخميس.
وخصصت شركة مصر للطيران صالة لذوي الركاب ولا يزال البحث جاريًا عن الطائرة من قبل السلطات المصرية وبمشاركة من فرق بحث من اليونان.
Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshUnidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshUnidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshUnidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshUnidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYUnidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYPeople wait outside the international arrivals terminal at Cairo Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshAn EgyptAir aircraft prepares to land at Cairo Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshAn EgyptAir plane lands at Cairo Airport in Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
وقال رئيس الوزراء المصري شريف إسماعيل ”إن من السابق لأوانه استبعاد أي تفسير لما حدث بما في ذلك الإرهاب“.
وأضاف للصحفيين بمطار القاهرة أن فرق البحث المصرية واليونانية والتى تشمل الطائرات والسفن تواصل عملها فى البحث عن الطائرة فى المنطقة التى اختفت فيها من على أجهزة الرادار.
وحين سأله الصحفيون ما إذا كان يستبعد وجود عمل إرهابي وراء ما حدث؟ قال إسماعيل ”لا يمكن الجزم بأن الإرهاب هو سبب الكارثة أو نفيه ولابد من الانتظار لحين تجميع كل البيانات المتعلقة بالأمر وبدء لجان التحقيق المختصة فى عملها ولا يمكن استباق الأحداث فى هذا الأمر.“