8 January -
Sinai insurgency: Two suspected
ISIL attackers were killed and three tourists were injured in an unsuccessful attack on a hotel in the city of
Hurghada.[1]
February
3 February: The discovering of the
murder of Giulio Regeni, an Italian researcher who was abducted and tortured to death, results in a diplomatic tension between governments of
Italy and Egypt.
March
March 29 -
EgyptAir Flight 181, an
Airbus A320, was hijacked and was forced to land at
Cyprus. The hijacker claimed to have an explosive belt, but surrendered 7 hours later. Authorities found out he did not have any explosives.
May
May 19 -
EgyptAir Flight 804 between
Paris and
Cairo disappears with 56 passengers and 10 crew on board. The plane was at 37,000 feet when it disappeared ten minutes before entering
Egyptian airspace over the
Mediterranean Sea. It is later reported to have crashed off the
Greek island of
Karpathos with terrorism suspected.[2]