Bomb Fears Extend UK-Sharm Flight Suspension

A Department for Transport spokesman said: “With a limited number of flights able to leave Sharm el-Sheikh each day for the United Kingdom, it is likely that tour operators or airlines will advise a few people to extend their stay at their resort”.

Meanwhile thousands of Britons remain stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh as strict security measures at the resort’s airport have delayed flights to bring them home from their holidays.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond yesterday warned a irport security around the world would have to be overhauled if it was confirmed the crash in the Sinai was caused by an Islamic State (IS) bomb.

Hundreds more Britons are expected to return to the United Kingdom today as airlines continue to lay on flights to bring home stranded tourists from Sharm el-Sheikh.

Nasser Hanna, 45, manager of one of the companies handling the Russian flights, said: “Where is Sharm airport supposed to keep all that luggage?”

A staff member at the airport, who did not want to be named, said monitoring rates were “50/50”, adding that “it happens sometimes that no-one is there”.

Airlines are laying on more flights to get tourists home with eight flights touching down last night.

“Thomson Airways can confirm that an event was reported by the crew of flight TOM 476 on August 23, 2015”.

Bomb detectors used in Sharm el-Sheikh hotels as part of security procedures introduced to tackle terrorism have been exposed as “fake” by experts, it has emerged.

An Egyptian army soldier stands guard next to the luggage and belongings of passengers of the A321 Russian airliner piled up at the site of the crash in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on November 1, 2015.

Analysis of black-box recorders on Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 indicated the aircraft was blown up by a bomb.

The British travel industry body ABTA said: “There’s an immediate impact in the short term because people are unable to travel, but in the longer term we don’t know what impact it’s going to have”.

Reps. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) said in a joint interview on ABC’s “This Week” that they are close to reaching the conclusion that a bomb caused the crash, as well as on the need for more security precautions at airports in the region.

“We continue to work with the UK Government to try and finalise our flying programme for the following days and we will update accordingly when further information becomes available”.

Tourist Ben Thompson, 63, of East London said: “When I saw the type of scanners they were using I was concerned”.

British tourists have expressed fears after it was claimed “absolute rubbish” bomb detectors were being used in Sharm el-Sheikh hotels.