A Greek military official later said an Egyptian search plane located two orange items believed to be from the missing flight. The official said the items were found 230 miles away from the island of Crete but still within the Egyptian air traffic control area.
Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi said Egypt-Greek search for debris off the Greek island of Karpathos is expanding.
EgyptAir officials confirmed Thursday evening local time that plane debris had been found in the search area. However, a Greek air safety official claims that the debris found so far does not belong to a plane.
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An EgyptAir plane was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus in March. A man who admitted to the hijacking and is described by Cypriot authorities as "psychologically unstable" is in custody in Cyprus.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report
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