EgyptAir crash: Plane 'made sharp turns before plunge'

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An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says.

Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 had "turned 90 degrees left and a 360-degree turn to the right" and dropped more than 6,700m (20,000ft) before disappearing from radar.

Sixty-six people were on board, most of them from Egypt or France.

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