All fights from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula remain grounded following reports that an explosive could have caused the crash of that Russian Jetliner with 224 passengers on board.
British Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin says Egypt will have to put in place tighter long-term airport security measures before British flights resume to the Sinai Peninsula. McLoughlin told the House of Commons Thursday that British security teams had been sent to Sharm el-Sheikh and “will be working intensively with the Egyptian authorities to allow normal scheduled operations to recommence.” The U.K. grounded all flights to and from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Wednesday, saying there was a “significant possibility” a Russian airliner that crashed Saturday was downed by a bomb.
