Mahgoub denied the staff change was linked to the mounting scrutiny around the level of airport security at Sharm el-Sheikh, but the British government is among those increasingly convinced that a bomb had been smuggled on to the plane.
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Passengers line up to depart from Sharm el-Sheikh Airport on October 31, 2015.
Yates says: “I’ve flown in through the airport multiple times in the past”. We’ve just been told all flights have been cancelled.
Speaking last night, the 42-year-old from South Shields said there had been no useful information from his tour operator and, like other holidaymakers, he was relying on news broadcasts for updates. If it takes a bit longer to get through the queues then so be it.
‘I’ll be pleased to see much more heightened security there when I go back in February’.
After passing through security to his flight Mr Tiley-Walker said his party remained nervous for the flight, anxious about what else may have been brought on board. “All we know is from easyJet’s website that it’s not likely to be today, but we don’t know when it will be”.
Verna McKeich said: “I was shocked by the lack of airport security”.
Ellie Jackson, 20, a Roehampton University student, is due to fly back to Luton with Monarch on Saturday.
The 49-year-old from Ealing, west London, said: “We have always felt really safe here and we still feel safe”. We are sitting round the pool carrying on as normal.
“We understand completely why the flights have been cancelled – at the end of the day it is for people’s safety and that is more important than a holiday”.
“The staff at the hotel are putting on a very positive face”.
‘In fact, I walked through security and it set off the alarms, and when they asked me to empty my pockets and saw I had my wallet and phone and vehicle keys in there, they just waved me on.
“If you are not travelling within the next 48 hours you will need to check with your travel company as to what your options are and follow their advice”.
Mr Modley, who was also stranded in New York three years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, added that he felt “slightly jinxed” but that it was just “one of those things”.
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