Cairo: An EgyptAir plane en route from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday after swerving sharply with Egypt saying the possibility of a terror attack or a technical error could not be ruled out.

A relative of a passenger cries as family members are transported by bus to a gathering point at Cairo airport yesterday. (Right) A relative of a victim of the EgyptAir flight crash makes a phone call at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris yesterday. Pics/AP & AFP