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PHOTO GALLERY: Families of Egypt Air missing flight passengers gather in Cairo and Paris airports

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Relatives of passengers on a vanished EgyptAir flight grieve as they leave the in-flight service building where they were held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (AP)

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Relatives of passengers on a vanished EgyptAir flight leave the Egyptair in-flight service building where they were held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (AP)

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Relatives of passengers on a vanished EgyptAir flight leave the in-flight service building where they were held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (AP)

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Relatives of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo leave a services hall at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016 (AFP)

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A relative of the victims of the EgyptAir flight 804 is escorted at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (AP)

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Relatives of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside a services hall at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016 (AFP)

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An Egyptian woman, who said her brother is among passengers, grieves as she leaves the Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (AP)

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Families of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside a services hall at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016 (AFP)

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A relative of the victims of the EgyptAir flight 804 wipes her tears as she is comforted by unidentified people at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (AP)

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The Egyptair in-flight service building where relatives are being held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, Thursday, May 19, 2016 (Bassam Al-Zoghby)

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Relatives of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo leave a services hall at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016 (Bassam Al-Zoghby)

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An EgyptAir flight vanished early this morning en route from Paris to Cairo. Radar signals from flight MS804 were lost at 2:30am Cairo time, EgyptAir have said, around the time the flight entered Egyptian airspace over the Mediterranean.

The commercial flight left Paris at 11:30 GMT and was due to land at Cairo airport at 03:15 local time.

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