Russian Federation says EgyptAir ban is repercussion of air crash – RIA

“We also received a recommendation from the Civil Aviation Committee to suspend flights”, she said.

Tourism minister Hisham Zaazou revealed on Friday evening that Egypt and Russian Federation are communicating to solve the “crisis” following the halting of EgyptAir flights to Moscow.

Russia’s national flag carrier, Aeroflot, gave a potential time frame for the other ban Friday, saying it would not fly to Egypt fly until March 27, 2016.

Russia’s FSB security service said on Tuesday it was certain a bomb had brought down the plane, joining Britain and the United States in reaching that conclusion. It has been flying out thousands of holidaymakers stranded in the country, although without any check-in luggage.

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.

At this point, US crash experts don’t expect to gain access to the crash site, according to the official, or to participate in examining any of the wreckage or analysis of the black box recorders. Even if it was a terrorist attack, he said, the Egyptian government is capable of securing the airports after the security breach.

“The government will continue to support direct return flights by British airlines until the majority of passengers who wish to leave Sharm el-Sheikh have done so, on 17 November 2015”.

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

The investigation into the crash remains a mystery to many Egyptians, with little information available, Sayed added. Their questions were related to the plane’s engine, which was manufactured by an American company Pratt & Whitney.