Daily Mail: Tears for the victims of MS804: Dead pilots' fathers and fellow air crew gather to mourn the 66 killed in EgyptAir disaster – as search teams find severed arm, luggage and two-mile oil slick in the Med
* Hundreds of mourners gathered to offer prayers for victims of EgyptAir flight which crashed in the Mediterranean
* Father of the co-pilot was overwhelmed by messages of condolence as imam led emotional service for the missing
* Captain's father collapsed with grief at another vigil in his home city near Cairo where doomed jet was due to land
* Heartbreaking details beginning to emerge about passengers and crew whose lives were cut short on Airbus A320
* Horror for relatives as Egyptian army find body parts and wreckage in sea 180 miles north of the city of Alexandria
Hundreds of mourners have gathered to offer prayers for the 66 passengers and crew killed in the EgyptAir disaster.
Family, friends and colleagues held back tears as the Imam led prays for their salvation at the Al Sedeq mosque close to Cairo International Airport where the doom jet had been due to land.
The hour-long Friday prayers ended with pall bearers carrying a symbolic coffin for the missing bodies out of the sprawling complex.
Outside, family members told of their shock at the sudden disappearance of passenger jet, while colleagues praised the professionalism of the crew.
Ahmed Asem, the father of co-pilot Mohamed Mamdouh Ahmed Asem, was overwhelmed by messages of condolence.
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