EgyptAir Flight Disappears; Canadian Wildfire Intensifies

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At 2:29 a.m., EgyptAir Flight 804 vanished from radar on its way from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard, the airline said Thursday.

The plane was flying at 37,000 feet when it lost contact overnight above the Mediterranean Sea. Greek controllers talked to the pilot when the plane was near the Greek island of Kea at an air speed of 519 mph. Everything seemed fine at that point. After the plane entered Egyptian airspace, it swerved 90 degrees to the left, and then 360 degrees to the right before plunging first to 15,000 feet, then 10,000 feet, before dropping off radar, Kammenos, the Greek defense minister, told reporters.

Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi said "We do not deny there is a possibility of terrorism or deny the possibility of technical fault,". He also stated that he "willl continue to use the term missing plane until we find any debris.". He did however admit that the probability of terrorism downing it is higher than the likelihood of a mechanical cause.

It was announced at 12:40pm Eastern time by Airline Vice President Ahmed Adel, that searchers have found the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 in the Mediterranean Sea. Speculations are that it may have been a bomb, but the investigation is still ongoing.

A forest fire in Alberta, Canada that started on May 1 has grown to be four times the size of New York City. More than 1700 firefighters are working to contain the blaze that devastated more than 877,000 acres of land. According to the Alberta Agriculture and Forestry department, the fire is 0% contained.

Currently, the fire is making its way towards Saskatchewan. Mike Flannigan, a wildfire professor at the University of Alberta stated that there is a possibility that the fire will “burn through the winter and into next year.”

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