An EgyptAir airliner which went missing on Thursday morning made 'sudden swerves' in mid-air and plunged before dropping off radars in the southern Mediterranean, Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos said. Greek authorities have mounted a search in the area south of the island of Karpathos without result so far, Kammenos said. "At 3.39am (0039 GMT) the course of the aircraft was south and south-east of Kassos and Karpathos (islands)," he told a news conference.