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The Latest: French official says no crash theory ruled out

This picture posted Saturday, May 21, 2016, on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman shows part of a plane chair from EgyptAir flight 804. Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black boxes vital to determining why the plane plunged into the Mediterranean. Arabic reads: “ Part of plane chair”. (Egyptian Armed Forces via AP)
This picture posted Saturday, May 21, 2016, on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman shows part of a plane chair from EgyptAir flight 804. Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black boxes vital to determining why the plane plunged into the Mediterranean. Arabic reads: “ Part of plane chair”. (Egyptian Armed Forces via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

CAIRO (AP) – The Latest on the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 (all times local):

12:35 p.m.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said he and other officials – including representatives of Paris Aeroport, the French prosecutor, EgyptAir, and the Egyptian ambassador to Paris – had met with about 100 family members to express “our profound compassion” over the crash.

In a statement delivered to reporters following the meeting, he said: “All the hypotheses are being examined – none are being favored.”

French air accident investigators are already in Cairo, he said.