CAIRO, May 20 (Aswat Masriya) – Egyptian military and naval forces “discovered more debris, passengers’ belongings, body parts, luggage, and aircraft seats” from a plane that crashed into the Mediterranean on Thursday with 66 people on board, an EgyptAir official said on Friday. 

Egypt’s flag carrier had announced on Thursday morning that its flight MS804 vanished off the radar as it was crossing the Mediterranean en route from Paris to Cairo. 

The Egyptian military said earlier today that it found debris and passengers’ personal belongings in the Mediterranean Sea, 290 km north of Egypt’s Alexandria. 

The Airbus 320 airliner had 56 passengers on board – 30 Egyptians, 15 French nationals, two Iraqi nationals, a British national, a Saudi national, a Portuguese national, a Belgian, a Kuwaiti, a Chadian, an Algerian, and a Canadian. 

There were also seven crew and three security staff on board.  

“Search is still in progress,” EgyptAir added in its statement, which it posted on its official Facebook and Twitter pages. 

The Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday that the United States and Britain offered to help in the investigation into the crash, while U.S. State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said it has not received “any specific requests for investigative assistance.” 

The cause of the crash is still known. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Thursday that he does not rule out terrorism or any other factor, but no militant group has claimed responsibility for the crash as yet.