There were 66 of them on board. Middle Easterners and Europeans. Adults and children.
All of whom, barring a miracle, are now dead.
The search and rescue mission for the missing EgyptAir Flight 804 has turned into a search and recovery one, the airline said. Officials aren’t optimistic they will find anyone alive.
Until it has informed all family members, EgyptAir says it won’t release the names of those who were on the plane.
Here’s what we know so far of the passengers and crew who were aboard the Airbus when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on its way from Paris to Cairo.
Ahmed Helal
Helal is a director of a Procter & Gamble production facility in Amiens, France. He was on a personal trip, according to the American consumer goods company.
“This is a very difficult moment for all P&G people, especially for employees of Amiens’ site,” the company said.
Joao David e Silva
Silva specializes in emerging markets and worked for the Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil. The 62-year-old married father of four is based in Johannesburg because of his job although his family lives in Lisbon, a Portuguese government source said. Without revealing his name, the company confirmed one of its employees was on the flight.
Passenger breakdown
The 66 people on board comprised of 56 passengers and 10 crew members. They included 30 Egyptians, 15 French and two Canadians, as well as people from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Iraq, Kuwait, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
The crew members included three security personnel, two cockpit crew and 5 cabin crew, the airline said. The passengers included two infants and a child.