ABC News reported that the plane's disappearance was noted when Spanish company Swiftair, who operated the plane, had issued a statement saying that the airplane had not reached to its intended destination. This was corroborated by air navigation services, who have lost track of the airplane in radar 50 minutes after the plane had taken off from the airport.
According to Vatican spokesperson Father Federico Lombardi, the family had a 30-minute meeting with the pope at the latter's residence on Friday, and that the meeting was marked "affection" and "great serenity and joy."
The UNIAN news agency quoted Yatsenyuk, who had said about the shocking move, "When there's no coalition, and the acting coalition in a parliamentary-presidential republic has collapsed, the government and the prime minister have to resign. I announce my resignation as a result of the collapse of the coalition and the blocking of government initiatives."