EgyptAir crash: Forensics chief denies explosion claim

Egypt’s forensics chief has denied reports that an initial examination of the remains of victims of the EgyptAir crash points towards an explosion.
“Everything published about this matter is completely false,” Forensic Medicine Authority head Hisham Abdul Hamid is reported to have said. Earlier, a forensic official was quoted as saying the remains were so small a blast was the only logical explanation.
All 66 people on board Flight MS804 were killed when the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on last Thursday.
The Airbus A320 was flying overnight from Paris to Cairo when it vanished from Greek and Egyptian radar screens, apparently without having sent a distress call.
Debris from the plane has been recovered from the sea, some 290km (180 miles) north of the Egyptian port city of Alexandria.