One report said it disappeared from radar 80 miles outside Egyptian airspace. If you look at a typical flight path from Paris to Cairo, and backup about 92 miles off the coast... That’s not exactly the middle of nowhere. They should have been on several radar screens. There is probably lots of shipping in the area. Heck, anything going through the Suez canal and in/out of the Med has to swing south of Malta. That shipping line is just about directly under the 92 mile point. Had to be witnesses.
Yes, indeed. This is one of the busiest seas on the planet. And also there is radar everywhere - which would pick up the huge sound of the plane hitting the water.
I’ve never sailed the Med but would like to see it at some point.
I worked the Great Lakes for a number of years...