Air travellers may have to get used to more expensive flights and
longer delays if the Sinai plane crash leads to tighter security at
airports, the UK foreign secretary has said.
If it is confirmed that a bomb brought down the Russian plane that broke up in midair after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh airport, there would have to be a review of security at all airports where Islamic State could strike and this would have an impact on passengers, Philip Hammond said on Sunday. This could potentially affect travel to many parts of north Africa or the Middle East.
In an interview on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show, in which he also said that the remaining British tourists stranded in Sharm would be home within the next two or three days, Hammond said the focus of a review would be on raising airport security standards so they matched the highest in the world and that this was “absolutely doable”.
He said: “If this turns out to be a device planted by an Isil operative, or by somebody inspired by Isil, then clearly we will have to look again at the level of security we expect to see in airports in areas where Isil is active.
If it is confirmed that a bomb brought down the Russian plane that broke up in midair after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh airport, there would have to be a review of security at all airports where Islamic State could strike and this would have an impact on passengers, Philip Hammond said on Sunday. This could potentially affect travel to many parts of north Africa or the Middle East.
In an interview on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show, in which he also said that the remaining British tourists stranded in Sharm would be home within the next two or three days, Hammond said the focus of a review would be on raising airport security standards so they matched the highest in the world and that this was “absolutely doable”.
He said: “If this turns out to be a device planted by an Isil operative, or by somebody inspired by Isil, then clearly we will have to look again at the level of security we expect to see in airports in areas where Isil is active.
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