Passengers
The flight was carrying 203 passengers from seven countries (
Canada,
Egypt,
Germany,
Sudan,
Syria,
United States, and
Zimbabwe).
[1][4] Of the passengers, four were non-revenue EgyptAir crew members. Of the passengers, 32 boarded in Los Angeles, while the rest boarded in New York.
[5] Many of the passengers consisted of elderly Americans who intended to visit Egypt as tourists.
[6] Included in the passenger manifest were over 30 Egyptian military officers; among them were two brigadier-generals, a colonel, major, and four other air force officers. Newspapers in Cairo were prevented by censors from reporting the officers' presence on the flight.[7]