Went off the radar 23 minutes into the flight, at 5,000 feet.
Per Flightradar 24, max Altitude was 11,000 feet.
CNN finally waking up with a breaking update, just now. Only took them an HOUR after the first reports.
Egypt's civilian aviation ministry said the plane had been at an altitude of 9,500m (31,000ft) when it disappeared.
Live flight tracking service Flight Radar 24's Mikail Robertson confirmed the altitude.
He told the BBC that the plane started to drop very fast, losing 1,500m in one minute before coverage was lost.
Per Flightradar 24, max Altitude was 11,000 feet.
Isn't that awfully low for a commercial airplane that far into the journey? I would have thought they would be at their cruising altitude a lot earlier than 23 minutes into the flight. If they never got above 11,000 feet then wouldn't that indicate they ran into trouble shortly after takeoff?