EgyptAir Airlines’ plane a few minutes before the crash filled with smoke, reports CNN. The agency notes that this information is released based on the  photograph that they had in their system. The data was obtained through ACARS aircraft communications system. However, the proper official US representative of the relevant services assed that information as unconfirmed.

As reported earlier, the EgyptAir passenger plane, flying from Paris to Cairo, disappeared from the radar screens in the morning of 19 May,  in the Egyptian airspace . There were 66 passengers and crew members on board.

The aircraft wreckage was found in the Mediterranean Sea.