Summary
• The British government has suspended all flights between the UK and the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh after US and UK officials said they believe the Russian plane that crashed over the Sinai peninsula may have been brought down by an explosive device.
The UK foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said his government is now advising against all but essential travel through Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt as there is a “significant possibility” that the plane was brought down by an explosion on board, the strongest remarks yet by an official on the cause of the crash.
The UK foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said his government is now advising against all but essential travel through Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt as there is a “significant possibility” that the plane was brought down by an explosion on board, the strongest remarks yet by an official on the cause of the crash.
• US officials believe that the cause of the crash involving the Russian airline over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula at the weekend was “most likely” a bomb planted by ISIS or an ISIS affiliate, according to reports by US television news networks.
Among them, CNN stated it has been told that US intelligence has not yet reached a formal conclusion.
Intercepted communications played a role in the tentative conclusion that the Islamic State group’s Sinai affiliate planted an explosive device on the Russian plane, according to a US official being quoted by the Associated Press.
Among them, CNN stated it has been told that US intelligence has not yet reached a formal conclusion.
Intercepted communications played a role in the tentative conclusion that the Islamic State group’s Sinai affiliate planted an explosive device on the Russian plane, according to a US official being quoted by the Associated Press.
• The suspension of flights in and out of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt will affect around 20,000 British travellers who are in the Red Sea resorts of the Sinai peninsula, according to the British government.
The British government flew additional consular staff to the city on Wednesday to help holidaymakers who might be stranded following its decision to halt all flights to the UK from Sharm pending security checks at the airport. Officials said Downing Street believed the Russian plane that crashed over Sinai on Saturday may have been brought down by an explosive device.
The British government flew additional consular staff to the city on Wednesday to help holidaymakers who might be stranded following its decision to halt all flights to the UK from Sharm pending security checks at the airport. Officials said Downing Street believed the Russian plane that crashed over Sinai on Saturday may have been brought down by an explosive device.
• The Egyptian government has reacted angrily to reports linking the downed Russian airliner to an ISIS bomb plot and suggested that the UK’s move to suspend flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh was “premature and unwarranted”.
An Egyptian Cabinet Spokesman sad that Investigators have taken samples from the bodies of passengers killed in the crash, and they are being analysed by forensic experts for any further clues as to what might have brought down the plane.
An Egyptian Cabinet Spokesman sad that Investigators have taken samples from the bodies of passengers killed in the crash, and they are being analysed by forensic experts for any further clues as to what might have brought down the plane.
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