Egypt Air barred from flying into Russian Federation: Moscow airport

Egyptian Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said authorities had received notice from Domodedovo and had cancelled a flight for Saturday, and “reserved seats on other airplanes for passengers from Cairo and those coming from Moscow”. Russians flying home from Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh are barred from checking in luggage and are only allowed carry-on luggage.

Philip Hammond, the British foreign secretary, said last week that flights to Sharm would not resume until it believes flying to Egyptian resort’s airport is safe. According to him, “To be honest, we stopped flights to Egypt, not knowing the final version (of the crash), but we did this as a preventive measure, as a precaution”. Thousands of holidaymakers were stranded in the area.

An affiliate of the extremist group Islamic State in the Sinai peninsula claimed responsibility for downing the airliner as revenge for Russia’s airstrike campaign against Islamic State in Syria. The plane’s black box recordings are being sent to an unnamed country to be inspected.

The United States and Britain said they had intelligence assessments that the plane was bombed by Islamist insurgents.

David Cameron has said it was “more likely than not” that the plane was blown up by a bomb.

Concerns were also raised about unlit corners of the airport that were hard to monitor and security guards playing on their phones instead of manning X-ray machines.

Kamal says the original tape will not be transported out of Egypt, which is leading the investigation alongside representatives from Russian Federation, France, Germany, and Ireland.

In a statement, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said, ISIS warlord noticed the presence of the police.

The safety board official said his investigators aren’t coordinating with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has been rebuffed in providing forensic experts to help investigators determine whether an explosive device was responsible for the tragedy. However, their offer hasn’t been formally accepted by both countries.

The investigation into the crash remains a mystery to many Egyptians, with little information available, Sayed added.