EgyptAir 804 Wreckage Still Missing: 'Debris Found Is Not Part Of Our Plane,' Updates Airline Executive

EgyptAir has retracted its earlier statement that the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 has been found.

In an interview today with CNN, the airline's Vice President Ahmed Adel said: "We stand corrected on finding the wreckage because what we identified is not part of our plane. So the search and rescue is still going on."

Adel was referring to the debris found in the Mediterranean Sea that they though belonged to the airline's Airbus A320 that had 66 people on board. The plane disappeared on Thursday morning during a flight from Paris to Cairo.

The flight seemed to be going smoothly until the aircraft entered the Egyptian airspace. At 2:27 a.m., just before the plane was about to exit the Greek airspace, the pilot could no longer be reached, according to authorities in Cairo. The Hellenic Civil Aviation said in previous interviews that the radar contact was lost a few seconds after the aircraft passed the Egyptian airspace.

The said flight left Paris at 11:09 p.m. on Wednesday, and should have arrived in Cairo after 3 ½ hours. Half of the passengers are Egyptian nationals.

In a statement published in The Guardian, the Los Angeles international airport police said it they now beefing up the airport's security measures after what happened. The incident has been linked earlier with terrorism attacks.

Adam Schiff of the US House Intelligence Committee said there the probable cause is still unknown, but terrorism could be one. He said if terrorism was the cause, it raises the issue of the increased vulnerability of aircrafts to such attacks.

The governments of the United States and France, along with other countries, have already offered help in order to speed up the investigation of the crash. Several governments have also expressed their condolences, while the families of the crew and passengers still deal with uncertainty.