It is presumed all 66 who were on board are dead. (Facebook)
The Egyptian military has published photos of some of the debris and luggage recovered from the EgyptAir A320 which plunged into the Mediterranean.
The photos were uploaded alongside the translated caption, "Part of the pictures to find the missing plane wreckage and some passengers", on Facebook.
The photos show life jackets, crumpled and broken apart plane seats, and torn fabric from the cabin interior, all laid out on a green surface.
The plane disappeared without sending a distress signal. (Facebook)
The post comes after aviation authorities said they are investigating whether a fire broke out in the cabin before the aircraft plunged into the sea, after confirming smoke had been detected on board.
The plane had transmitted automatic messages indicating smoke in the cabin before it crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, all presumed dead.
“There were ACAR messages emitted by the plane indicating that there was smoke in the cabin shortly before data transmission broke off," a spokesman of France's Bureau of Investigations and Analysis said.
ACAR, which stands for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, is a digital system that transmits short messages between aircraft and ground stations.
The spokesman said it was "far too soon to interpret and understand the cause of Thursday's accident as long as we have not found the wreckage or the flight data recorders."
The warnings came about three minutes before air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane at 0029 GMT on Thursday.
Human remains, debris and luggage has been found in the sea, almost exactly in the area where the plane disappeared from the radar.
Authorities are investigating whether a fire caused the crash. (Facebook)
The messages automatically transmitted indicated intense smoke in the front portion of the plane, specifically the lavatory and the equipment compartment beneath the cockpit. The error warnings also indicated that the flight control computer malfunctioned.
CNN reported smoke alerts on the flight minutes before it crashed, citing an Egyptian source.
The plane had transmitted signals indicating smoke in the cabin before it crashed. (Facebook)
The plane disappeared without any distress signal between the Greek island of Karpathos and the Egyptian coast.
It had turned sharply twice in Egyptian airspace before plunging 22,000 feet (6,700 meters) and vanishing from radar screens, Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has said.
Search teams remain in the area, now on the hunt for the airliner’s black boxes.
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