TERRORISM. EgyptAir crash: Explosives found on victims, say investigators.

A criminal investigation would now begin into the crash of the Airbus A320, Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said in a statement.

Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo plunged into the sea on 19 May killing all 66 people on board.

The cause of the crash has remained unclear.

No distress call was made beforehand but the cockpit voice recorder revealed the pilots had fought to put out a fire.

Automated electronic messages sent out by the plane showed smoke detectors going off in a toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit, minutes before the plane vanished.

Recovered wreckage showed signs of damage caused by high temperature and there was soot on the jet’s front section.

It seems odd that no one has claimed responsibility.