King condoles Egypt leader, people over crash tragedy

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi over the life losses  in the crash a plane affiliated with EgyptAir, a Royal Court statement said. 

In the cable, King Abdullah expressed his sympathies to the families of the victims. 

The EgyptAir jetliner bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early on Thursday after swerving wildly in flight, authorities said, and Egypt said it may have been a terrorist attack, according to the Associated Press.

EgyptAir Flight 804, an Airbus A320 with 56 passengers and 10 crew members, went down about halfway between the Greek island of Crete and Egypt’s coastline after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, authorities said.