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'Smoke detected' before EgyptAir crash

The Egyptair Airbus 320, which disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean sea on Thursday May 19, 2016, is pictured in Vienna, Austria, in this photo taken August 21, 2015.

There were smoke alerts inside the cabin of the EgyptAir passenger plane shortly before it crashed in the Mediterranean, unconfirmed reports say.

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