'Last hope destroyed'published at 18:19 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville is at the airport in Cairo and reports on how the latest news has been received:
Summary
Debris and passengers' personal belongings found 295km (185 miles) north of Alexandria
Items found by search teams include a body part, luggage and seats
Egyptian authorities have said terror is the most likely cause, but there is no evidence yet to back up claim
No group has claimed responsibility for the crash, says the BBC's jihadist monitoring team
Radar suggests plane made two sharp turns, plunged 27,000 ft, then span 360 degrees
Search for wreckage and black boxes continues, led by Egypt with assistance from France, UK, US
66 people on board included 30 Egyptians, 15 French people, two Canadians and people of 10 other nationalities including one Briton
All times in BST (GMT+1)
'Last hope destroyed'published at 18:19 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Cameron: 'Dreadful event'published at 18:13 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Image source, paQuote Message"I absolutely feel for them [the families]. This is obviously a dreadful event. One of our ships, RFA Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mounts Bay, is nearby and so we've sent it to the area but I think it's too early to speculate about what the cause was. All the experts are talking to each other and trying to work out what has happened and when we know more, we'll be able to say more."
David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, in interview to LBC radio
'Wreckage has been found'; what we knowpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Image source, APIf you are just joining us, here is a recap of the latest developments:
- EgyptAir confirms that wreckage from the missing flight MS804 has been found and extends "deepest sympathies" to those affected
- Relatives who have gathered at Paris and Cairo airports have complained of lack of information;
- Egypt's civil aviation minister has said it is more likely the crash was due to a terror attack than to technical failure;
- We have all the day's developments covered
- Here is everything we know about the missing flight
- And we have also taken a look at Egyptair's troubled recent history
Wreckage has been found, EgyptAir sayspublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
BreakingWreckage of the missing EgyptAir flight has been found near Karpathos island, the airliner says.
In a statement, EgyptAir says the confirmation has been made by Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the country's Ministry of Civil Aviation.
'Floating material likely to be debris'published at 18:00 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
The Reuters news agency, quoting the Egyptian civil aviation ministry, reports that Greek Authorities have found "floating material" likely to be debris and life jackets from the EgyptAir plane.
US is 'constantly adapting' - White Housepublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
The White House says it is too soon to say what caused the MS804 aircraft to go down. At a press briefing, a spokesperson extended the US's condolences to victims' families and offered to help the authorities who are investigating the crash.
He said the US is aware that extremists want to attack the aviation system, and the country is constantly adapting its tactics, Reuters reports.
'We have found the wreckage'published at 17:55 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
EgyptAir Vice President has told the American broadcaster CNN that the wreckage of the missing flight has been found, CNN's Christiane Amanpour tweets.
EgyptAir's official Twitter account said earlier that the information was not confirmed.
What made the pilots lose control?published at 17:40 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
A former civil aviation minister from Egypt has said the suggestion that the EgyptAir plane swerved sharply before crashing means something must have happened to force the pilots to lose control.
Mustafa Kamel was speaking to the Associated Press news agency.
He said that if the black box is recovered, that might help uncover what that was.
Mr Kamel said passenger planes were not designed to make abrupt turns while flying.
He said: "These are not warplanes."
'It happened all of a sudden'published at 17:28 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Quote MessageWhat I would say out of experience is this sudden disappearance of the flight means the plane either exploded in the air, or plunged into the sea. No matter what the cause is, there was no indication. It happened all of a sudden.
Serafeim Petrou, Head of the Greek Air Traffic Controllers' Association, in a BBC interview
UK joins search operationpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
A Royal Air Force Hercules aircraft from Akrotiri base has joined the search for the missing EgyptAir plane, the BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports.
France 'sending investigators to Egypt'published at 17:18 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
France has announced it is sending investigators and technical expert to help in EgyptAir probe, the AFP news agency reports.
Charles de Gaulle airport 'very, very busy'published at 17:17 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Image source, APThe BBC's James Reynolds is at Charles de Gaulle airport, in Paris, and says it is a "normally operating airport", despite the uncertainty over the EgyptAir flight that disappeared earlier while en route from Paris to Cairo.
He adds there are soldiers walking with guns but that people are still carrying on with their plans.
"It's very, very busy," he says.
'We have no confirmation debris has been found'published at 17:11 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
EgyptAir says it does not have confirmation that debris has been found off the coast of Crete.
UK 'supporting British passenger's family'published at 17:06 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says it is "too early" to speculate on why an EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
Read MoreRelatives on their way from Paris to Cairopublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Image source, APImage caption, An EgyptAir plane carrying relatives of those on board the missing flight has taken off from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris en route to Cairo.
Relatives react: 'There's no information at all'published at 16:55 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Relatives of those on board the missing EgyptAir flight have gathered at Cairo's airport in an attempt to get information. But some have complained about the lack of news:
"There is no information at all. No one has any information at all," Mohamed Ramez said.
A brother of a passenger, also at the airport, said: "We just found out from the media that they found the wreckage... I hope they find someone we can pray over."
'He had just lost his mother'published at 16:39 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
The BBC's Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson, who is at Charles de Gaulle airport, spoke to an official from the Chadian embassy.
The official had arrived at the airport looking for information about a Chadian student on board the plane.
"He had just lost his mother," he told our correspondent, "and was on his way to Chad to mourn with his family."
Egypt tourism 'likely to be impacted'published at 16:34 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
Image source, ReutersIt is still unclear what happened to EgyptAir flight MS804, but the news is likely to impact Egypt's tourism industry, the BBC's Sally Nabil in Cairo says.
She adds tourism, a lifeline to the country's economy, has had significant losses since the downing of the Russian jet over the Sinai in October.
Fearing the possibility of further damage to the country's image abroad, officials have been cautious in giving out information about the missing plane, she says.
Egypt's aviation authority 'can't confirm wreckage has been found'published at 16:21 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
BBC MonitoringEgypt's Civil Aviation Ministry "so far cannot confirm that the wreckage of the missing EgyptAir plane has been found", state-run Nile News TV has reported.
Flight profile before descent and contact lostpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 19 May 2016
What this graphic doesn't show is the sudden descent of more than 25,000ft (7,620m) that Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos says took place before contact was lost with MS804.