French and Egyptian authorities have been reacting to the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 with 66 people on board. The French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in Paris, ‘Obviously, we can only imagine the anguish of the families. There are fifteen French citizens on board. So our top priority is to inform the relatives. A crisis management unit has been set up at the Foreign Ministry and a hotline number has opened. Another crisis unit is at work in our embassy in Cairo.’ The French prime minister promised assistance in the search for the aircraft. Speaking from Cairo International Airport, Egyptian prime minister Sherif Ismail said, ‘All we can say is that contact with the aircraft stopped in a specific area and the search operation is focused there. The military have sent aircraft and ships which will arrive at the site shortly. Greek aircraft are currently searching the area.’