Update: Satellite spots oil slick that might be from EgyptAir plane

ATHENS - A European satellite spotted a potential oil slick in the area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea where an EgyptAir jet disappeared with 66 people on board, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. 

The image, taken by satellite Sentinel-1A on Thursday afternoon, shows a slick about 2km long, roughly 40 km southeast of the aircraft's last known location.

A second image taken early on on Friday showed that the slick had drifted by about 5km.

The ESA said it had passed on information related to the image to relevant authorities, but said there was no guarantee that the slick was from the EgyptAir plane.

Update: Satellite spots oil slick that might be from EgyptAir plane

It said another satellite, Sentinel-2A, would pass over the same area on Sunday, 22 May.

A body part, luggage and seats had been picked up by navy search parties on Friday, according to Greece's defence minister.

"A short while ago we were briefed by the Egyptian authorities ... on the discovery of a body part, a seat and baggage just south of where the aircraft signal was lost," Defence Minister Panos Kammenos told reporters in Athens.

The flight with 66 people on board vanished minutes after leaving Greek for Egyptian airspace on Thursday morning. Kammenos said Greece could not speculate on the reasons the aircraft crashed. He reiterated that Greek radar picked up sharp swings in its trajectory as it plunged from a cruising altitude to 15,000 feet, then vanished from radar.