Although Rosaviatsia declined to comment on the issue, staff at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport said that the agency had told them of the ban, which starts today.
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An estimated 20,000 British tourists were holidaying in the resort when a Russian jet crashed over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
A senior Kremlin official has said the flight ban to Egypt could last for months, and Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot said it was not scheduling any flights to Egypt before March 27.
A militant group in Egypt believed to be affiliated to the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Kogalymavia Airbus A321 plane crash “in response to Russian airstrikes that killed hundreds of Muslims on Syrian land”.
Russian Federation and Egypt say it’s too early to draw conclusions. Coupled with contracting revenues from the Suez Canal, Egypt finds itself in a position where the most effective reaction to the events in Sharm el-Sheikh may be an economic one rather than increased military activity in Sinai. “Search the wreckage of the plane, find your black box and analyze it”. A United States of America government source also said on Monday (Nov 9) that neither Russian Federation nor Egypt has accepted an offer from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist them in investigating the crash.
Tez Tour sent its clients a copy of the telegram it had received from the aviation authority, which said it had conducted a safety assessment, finding “a high level of threat to aviation security for Kazakhstan’s airlines flying to Egypt”.
In a statement, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said, ISIS warlord noticed the presence of the police.
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Both USA agencies offered forensic assistance and other investigative help to the crash investigators of Egypt and Russian Federation. Their questions were related to the plane’s engine, which was manufactured by an American company Pratt & Whitney.
