In addition to the previous restrictions, the Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia also banned all flights by Egypt Air going to Russia.
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“British airlines have informed us that many British tourists now in Sharm el-Sheikh have taken the opportunity to travel home early and airlines have offered a range of options to those customers wishing to stay beyond Tuesday 17 November 2015”.
The tragedy is the largest civil aviation disaster in Russian history.
The aviation agency didn’t give any immediate reason for the ban on flights.
Moscow said the ban was necessary because of concerns about security at Egypt’s airports.
Aeroflot, the national flag carrier of Russian Federation will not fly to Egypt until March 27, 2016. “Search the wreckage of the plane, find your black box and analyze it”.
The 18 year old airliner was manufactured in Germany, while its engine was made in the United States.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said it is “more likely than not” that the plane was downed by a terrorist bomb.
Russian state media reported that numerous 217 passengers on Kogalymavia Flight 9268 were Russians returning from vacation.
On Thursday, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the FBI, which says it had offered “forensic assistance to Egypt and Russian Federation, denied in a statement to Reuters that they have been invited to join the Egyptian-led investigation into the crash”. He “shot at them in an attempt to fleet requiring the police forces to exchange fire with him leading to his death”.
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Kirpichenko said he is in contact with Egyptian officials to discuss the work of the Egypt-led global committee that is investigating the crash. “The latest plane crash can make things even worse”.
