Human remains examined at a Cairo morgue indicate an explosion plunged EgyptAir Flight 804 into the Mediterranean Sea, according to Egyptian forensic officials.
Investigators sifting through 80 pieces found floating in the crash site are small, suggesting a blast tore through the doomed flight transporting 66 passengers from Paris to Cairo early Thursday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to release information concerning the investigation, said the forensics team has to deal with very small body parts.
"There isn't even a whole body part, like an arm or a head," the official said according to AP.
"The logical explanation is that it was an explosion," he added, while also mentioning that the experts had so far been given around 80 small body parts to investigate.
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