Related Content Live: EgyptAir flight MS804 - plane 'made sudden swerves' EgyptAir flight MS804 'most likely crashed into the sea' - Egyptian CAA Video Watch: EgyptAir passenger plane missing• It had been struggling to recover since the Egyptian Revolution in 2011. While we await news on what happened to the aircraft, here's what you need to know about EgyptAir. By Lauren McMah, Kate Schneider of news.com.auVideo will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThe hunt is on for EgyptAir Flight MS804, which disappeared from radar today. • The airline made international headlines in March when a man hijacked EgyptAir Flight 181 and forced its diversion to Cyprus. • On October 31, 1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 from Los Angeles to Cairo crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, killing all 217 people on-board.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 19, 2016 00:18 UTC