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No explosives traced on victims of Egypt Air Crash
Le Figaro says French investigators have ruled out the theory that a bomb was responsible for disaster that killed 66 people last May
French investigators so far have found no traces of explosives on the bodies of French victims of Egypt Air flight MS804 that crashed into the Mediterranean sea last year. The route was from Paris to Cairo, a newspaper has reported.
Le Figaro’s report, contradicts Egyptian investigators who said in December that traces of explosives were found in the remains of victims of the flight.
French officials warned in December against drawing conclusions on the cause of the 19 May 2016 crash that killed all 66 people on board including 12 French nationals.
Investigators of France’s National Gendarmerie Criminal Investigation Institute, who examined samples of the remains, concluded there were no traces of explosives on the bodies of the passengers, Le Figaro reported.
“The thesis put forward by the Egyptians – an explosion during the flight due to a bomb that may have been placed on board at Roissy airport in Paris – is therefore excluded,” Le Figaro added.
The remains of the 12 French nationals were returned to France in January.
