Britain says resuming flights from Sharm al-Sheikh to United Kingdom
Security is beefing up at Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh airport, airport security officials said, in the wake of last weekend’s deadly plane crash that took place less than 30 minutes after a Russian jet took off from the airport.
“A British team of experts who flew out to the Red Sea resort were not satisfied about levels of security at the airport”, says the Guardian. Mr. Obama suggested that such a disaster would be less likely to happen on flights in and out of the US, adding that this has prompted his administration to more closely examine procedures for inbound and outbound flights.
– Smirnov, the Metrojet official, was quick to share his thoughts on purported footage of the crash posted by militants claiming credit for bringing down the plane: “Those images you have seen on the Internet, I think they are fake”.
Egypt’s Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou portrayed the British choice to scratch off all flights “unjustified”.
“In light of the change to travel advice, Thomas Cook has canceled its flight and holiday program to Sharm el-Sheikh up to and including Thursday 12 November 2015”.
“The additional security measures will include permitting passengers to carry hand baggage only and transporting hold luggage separately”. The hotel have set a charge and the tourists can not understand why they are being charged. “The circle of suspicion includes everyone”. All 224 people on board died.
Meanwhile, Cameron welcomed the Egyptian president to Downing Street on a pre-planned trip – his first visit to Britain since the overthrow of his predecessor Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Both Egypt and Russian Federation dismissed Britain’s assessment as premature.
But political instability and terrorism aren’t always a threat to tourism.
Renowned for its five-star hotels and coral reef scuba diving, Sharm attracts 900,000 British tourists a year, as well as many more from Russian Federation and Germany.
He said: “There will be so many people stranded that there will be pressure on insurers to pay out”.
Travelers going from Egyptian airports are required to put their luggage through scanners before check-in and boarding.
Other airlines have taken a less dramatic approach to the United Kingdom government guidance.
“The hypothesis of detonating the Russian aircraft isn’t based on facts. Temporary replacement wheelchairs and pushchairs will be provided on arrival at your destination”. The company operates two weekly flights through its subsidiaries, Edelweiss Airlines and Eurowings. Most of the flights are to London, with one to Milan, Italy.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told ABC News overnight that a bomb is a “possible reason” for the crash, but said he “understand[s] that there are other hypotheses”.
British Airways said flights to and from the resort would probably be delayed by 24 hours.
About 20,000 Britons are said to be in the resort, including 1,000 residents.
Sharm was once the favored vacation spot for Egypt’s longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak before he was ousted in the 2011 uprising.
“We’re looking forward to getting home once the security is sorted out”.
English powers halted flights to and from the resort on Wednesday, saying knowledge recommended the debacle may have been brought on by a bomb on load up. Egypt’s tourism industry took years to recover from the attack. But it doesn’t appear to have had any major security breaches.