Traces of explosives found on Egypt Air crash victims, say authorities theguardian.com

Egypt’s civil aviation ministry confirms it will launch criminal investigation into May crash of flight MS804 that killed 66 Egypt’s civil aviation ministry has revealed that traces of explosives have been detected on the remains of victims of an EgyptAir flight from Paris that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May.

The claim would appear to confirm that the crash, which killed all 66 people on board, was caused by a bomb, although it does not solve the mystery of where a device might have been smuggled on board or who was responsible.