CAIRO, Jul 7 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt’s aviation ministry was not officially informed of Israel’s discovery of debris, believed to belong to the doomed EgyptAir flight MS804 which plunged into the Mediterranean last May, a source within the ministry said.

The Airbus A320 crashed about 280 km off the Egyptian seacoast en route from Paris to Cairo. It was carrying 66 people, including 30 Egyptians and 15 French nationals. 

Citing an official in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, Reuters reported that parts of the debris, possibly belonging to the doomed flight, were discovered on the beach of the Israeli city of Netanya.

Netanyahu instructed Israeli authorities to inform Egypt of the findings as early as Friday, Reuters reported.

The source told Aswat Masriya “ we are waiting for Israeli authorities to inform us, about finding parts of the wreckage, through the foreign ministry and in case we receive the parts, we will conduct the necessary tests to make sure whether belong to the doomed flight”.

Earlier this week, Egypt’s aviation ministry said the vessel tasked with locating the victims’ remains “had retrieved all the human remains that were mapped at the crash location of the A320.”

In a statement, the ministry also said the vessel’s mission “was extended as it will return back to the crash location to conduct a new thorough scan of the seabed and to search for any human remains till being fully assured of the absence of any more human remains at the crash location.” 

The reasons for the crash are yet to be known. 

But the data retrieved from one of the black boxes showed that smoke had been detected in the lavatory and avionics bay on board of the plane, said the investigation committee.

Also, some of the recovered wreckage of the front section of the aircraft showed signs of high temperature damage and soot.