Vice Chairman of EgyptAir confirmed in an exclusive interview with CNN that the wreckage of the missing plane has been found. He noted that there are several versions on how the crash happened, but none of them has yet been confirmed.

The Greek authorities informed the Egyptian Embassy in Athens on finding the wreckage of white and blue colors, supposedly belonging to the missing EgyptAir plane, Egyptian Ambassador to France said, RIA Novosti reports, citing Reuters.

Egyptian and Greek air forces took part in the search and rescue operation along with Greek naval frigate Nikiforos Fokas. They were later joined by Turkish and French planes. The zone of search has been declared closed for civil aviation flights due to security concerns, TASS reports.