“Initial observations…do not allow for identifying the origin of the in-flight break-up” of the aircraft 23 minutes and 14 seconds after it departed, Ayman El Mokkadem said. According to him, it’s impossible for Egypt to radically change the security system in a short time.
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Besides, the Egyptian president discussed current security measures in Sharm El Sheikh airport’s with its management and staff members.
He added: “But how long [it will be] I can not say but I think that it will be a few months at the least”. What people like the Russians and the Egyptians will very clearly be able to see is the conclusions that we have reached….
A Downing Street spokesperson said last week: “Outbound flights from the United Kingdom to Sharm el-Sheikh remain suspended and the Foreign Office continues to advise against all but essential travel by air to or from Sharm el-Sheikh airport”. Egypt and Russian Federation have yet to formally announce the cause of the disaster although both have publicly dismissed as premature USA and British assessments that a bomb likely was responsible. “It was for a good reason that other countries began to take their tourists from Egypt”, Vishnyakov said. The airliner which took off from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, carrying 224 people on board, is suspected to have been brought down by a bomb.
Security concerns over Egyptian procedures have also gained attention in recent days.
The remains of more than 100 victims have been identified through DNA testing, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said, according to RIA Novosti. The industry had been making a gradual recovery after years of political upheaval since the 2011 popular uprising that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. They said they would eventually tell the world how they carried out the attack.
Russia, Britain and several Western European nations sent airliners to Egypt on October 9 to bring home thousands of tourists from the Sinai Peninsula amid an increased terror threat from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).
“The people defy the conspiracy – Egypt will not cave in to pressures”, read the front-page headline of the state-owned Al-Gomhur newspaper.
Most of those on board had been Russian and Islamist extremists linked to ISIL say they brought the plane down in retaliation for Russia’s military intervention in Syria.
He said: “IS operatives planning an attack would be wise to them (the devices) and would know instantly that they offer no protection at checkpoints”.
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“Russian air companies are temporarily banned from making flights [including commercial] from Russia to Egypt, with the exception of flights, including commercial, to transport Russian citizens commissioned by the state authorities and federal agencies to Egypt for work-related purposes”, the decree said.
