How the investigation into the crash of EgyptAir MS 804 will unfold

How the investigation into the crash of EgyptAir MS 804 will unfold

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An EgyptAir Airbus A330-300 takes off for Cairo from Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris, Thursday, May 19, 2016. An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning off the Greek island of Crete, Egyptian and Greek officials said. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena); Credit: Christophe Ena/AP

EgyptAir flight MS 804 took off from Paris bound for Cairo, Egypt with 66 passengers and crew.

Greek air traffic controllers say the plane was unresponsive as it passed over the country. The plane then plunged rapidly as it flew over the Mediterranean Sea Thursday morning local time. Egypt’s civil aviation manager says terrorism is likely.

Investigators will need to examine the wreckage and black box before much more can be known.

For more on how this investigation will unfold, Take Two spoke to Anthony Brickhouse, associate professor of aerospace and occupational safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Press the blue play button above to hear the interview.

(NOTE: In the live segment, the host stated that the Airbus A320 was made by Lufthansa. Airbus, in fact, makes it. We regret the error.)