No South Africans on Egyptian Airline flight

EgyptAir says the passenger plane made no distress or mayday call before communications were lost.

The Airbus A-320 was heading to Cairo from Paris with 56 passengers and 10 crew members on board.

EgyptAir suspects the aircraft could have crashed in the Mediterranean Sea. 

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EgyptAir says in a statement that two helicopters are on standby with rescue teams that have reached the last points of communications. 

The Egyptian National Airline has confirmed the nationalities of passengers. 

A total of 30 are Egyptians, 15 are French, there were also nationals from Britain, Belgium and Algeria on board. 

At the Cairo International Airport the airline says it is providing a number of doctors, translators and all necessary services to the families of the passengers.

Here are the nationalities of passengers on the flight:

• 30 Egyptians
  
• 15 French
  
• 1 British
  
• 1 Belgian
  
• 1 Iraqi
  
• 1 Kuwaiti
  
• 1 Saudi Arabian
  
• 1 Chadian
  
• 1 Portuguese
  
• 1 Algerian
  
• 1 Canadian
  

(Supplied)