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Several scenarios could explain the mysterious disappearance of the Egyptair flight between Paris to Cairo early Thursday, but experts say a terrorist attack is the most likely.
Both France and Egypt have been leading targets for extremists in recent months.
In October, the Daesh group claimed responsibility for bombing an A321 plane belonging to Russian charter company Metrojet that crashed into the Sinai desert on its way from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh to St Petersburg, killing 224 passengers and crew.
Experts say the chances of a mechanical malfunction in the case of Thursday's Egyptair disappearance are slim.
"A major technical fault - the explosion of a motor, for instance - seems improbable," said aeronautics expert Gerard Feldzer, underlining that the A320 in question was "relatively new", having entered service in 2003.
In addition, the A320 has an excellent safety record as the best-selling, medium-range airliner in the world. An A320 takes off or lands every 30 seconds around the world, Feldzer said.
#EgyptAir plane crashed off #Greek island of Karpathos in Egyptian airspace"It's a modern plane, the incident happened in mid-flight in extremely stable conditions. The quality of the maintenance and the quality of the plane are not in question in this incident," Jean-Paul Troadec, former director of France's aviation Bureau of Investigation and Analysis, told Europe 1 radio.
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