And that someone at the Sharm el-Sheikh airport helped the terror group to load the bomb on the plane.
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Britain has announced the resumption of flights to bring stranded British tourists home following days of suspensions.
Kogalymavia, a small airline that operated the flight under the name Metrojet, said on Monday that the disaster was most likely caused by a midair “impact” and that the plane had no technical problems.
The U.S. today said it can’t rule out the possibility of a terrorist bombing of the Russian plane over Egypt that killed all 224 people onboard. The Islamic State has said they were responsible for the carnage. Cameron has grounded all flights to and from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, stranding thousands of British tourists at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the doomed flight originated, because of “intelligence and information” indicating a bomb was the likely culprit in the crash.
Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility, although there is no confirmation of their involvement.
United Kingdom transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said he hoped flights could resume on Friday after reviewing security standards at the Sharm el-Sheikh airport.
The type of airplane that crashed in Egypt Saturday killing all 224 passengers and crew members on board has come under scrutiny by Russian officials, but it’s not affecting Airbus’ manufacturing operations in Mobile, a company spokeswoman said.
“When there is propaganda that it crashed because of ISIS, this is one way to damage the stability and security of Egypt and the image of Egypt”, he told the BB, using a different acronym for ISIL.
About one million British tourists visit Sharm el-Sheikh every year, Cameron said Thursday at a news conference alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in London.
“Our utmost priority is to make sure we have all the right measures in place to ensure that British citizens can return safely to the UK”. “The investigation team does not have yet any evidence or data confirming this hypothesis”, Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Hossam Kamal said.
“Keep in mind that Egypt and Russian Federation stand to lose a lot if it is proved that this is terrorism”, he said.
Security experts and investigators have said the plane is unlikely to have been struck from the outside and Sinai militants are not believed to have any missiles capable of striking a jet at 30,000 feet.
A fighter praises the terrorists in Sinai who carried out the alleged plane attack, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “the swine”.
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Thomson is also due to operate flights from Sharm el-Sheikh to Edinburgh Airport on Friday, with a second flight to Glasgow Airport scheduled for Sunday, but it is unclear whether these will go ahead.
