Sharm flight delays of up to three days – Philip Hammond

It happened around two months before a Russian tourist plane leaving the Red Sea resort came down over the Sinai Peninsula last Saturday, killing all 224 people onboard.

Tourists swim in the Red Sea at a hotel that is hosting many travelers waiting to be evacuated from the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Saturday, November 7, 2015.

Seven officials involved in security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport, several for more than a decade, told the AP of the gaps in security, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

Investigators looking into the crash of the Metrojet flight bound for Russian Federation told Reuters on Sunday that they are “90 percent sure” a bomb on board is the cause.

Over the weekend, Russia mounted an airlift to repatriate thousands of Russian vacationers who had been stranded in Sinai after regular flights were canceled.

“Our visit today aims to reassure people inside and outside Egypt”, el-Sissi said after greeting a few foreign tourists and wading through a packed terminal.

Muqaddam, however, was more circumspect in his comments Saturday on the contents of the flight recorders.

ISIS communications intercepted both before and after the crash suggest the terror group was in communication with someone at Sharm el-Sheikh, ABC News reported. A number of other countries have also warned their nationals against flying to the resort over security concerns.

Russia’s Transport Minister Maxi Sokolov said: “planes will arrive empty at various airports in Egypt and pick-up passengers that have return flights but they won’t be allowed to bring their luggage”.

“Preposterous allegations by MailOnline regarding United Kingdom plane “avoiding Egyptian missile” in August are completely inaccurate”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid tweeted.

A memorial for victims of the plane crash was held at St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation on Sunday.

Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark said he expected the crash would result in demands for stringent aviation security worldwide.

A deputy Russian prime minister says the first of three teams of Russian inspectors has been dispatched to Egypt to examine security conditions at airports there.

Russian Federation had halted flights to Egypt after dismissing growing evidence that the plane might have been bombed by jihadists in an apparent act of revenge for Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria.