All 66 people on board were killed when the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea
Hundreds of people have gathered in Cairo for a candlelit vigil for the victims of last week's EgyptAir crash.
Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said it was a mark of respect to the victims and their families.
All 66 people on board Flight MS804 were killed when the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
A
deep-water search to locate the wreckage and the plane's "black boxes"
will start in the coming days, France's BEA air safety agency said.
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.
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Among those on board MS804 were 30
Egyptians, 15 French citizens, two Iraqis, two Canadians and citizens
from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
They included a boy and two babies as well as seven crew and three security staff.
Debris from the plane has been recovered from the sea, some 290km (180 miles) north of the Egyptian port city of Alexandria.
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Egypt's
president has said that "all scenarios are possible", but Mr Fathy said
last Friday that a terrorist attack was more likely than a technical
failure.
Greece's defence minister said on Friday that, after
leaving Greek airspace and before it disappeared from Greek radar, the
plane abruptly turned 90 degrees left and then 360 degrees to the right,
dropping from 11,300m (37,000 ft) to 4,600m (15,000ft) and then 3,000m
(10,000ft).
The Aviation Herald also reported that the plane sent a
series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board
three minutes before it disappeared.
The warnings do not indicate what might have caused the smoke.
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