The French air accident investigation agency says smoke was detected in multiple places in the EgyptAir Flight 804 before it crashed in the Mediterranean, but the cause remains unclear.
Spokesman Sebastien Barthe told The Associated Press that the plane's automatic detection system sent messages indicating smoke a few minutes before it disappeared from radar.
He said the messages "generally mean the start of a fire."
He adds: "We are drawing no conclusions from this. Everything else is pure conjecture."
The industry publication Aviation Herald reported Friday that sensors detected smoke in the plane's lavatory, suggesting a fire onboard.
The plane, carrying 66 people, crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.
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