Putin orders halt to Egypt flights, Britons flown out

[MowCowWhoHow III]

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Source: AFP

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Russia ordered a halt Friday to flights to Egypt as concerns grew that a bomb downed a Russian plane after takeoff from its Sharm el-Sheikh resort, while British carriers started to evacuate holidaymakers.

President Vladimir Putin called the halt to Russian flights, the Kremlin said, in line with a recommendation from his security chief, although Moscow had downplayed reports that a bomb caused the crash last Saturday.

Putin "ordered the government to work out mechanisms" to halt flights and to repatriate Russian citizens, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies.

With international concerns mounting, European airlines readied to bring home thousands of tourists from Sharm el-Sheikh, a magnet for hundreds of thousands of tourists each year

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/us-uk-bomb-may-downed-russian-jet-egypt-034426229.html;_ylt=AwrC1DFuujxWvQcAGHrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--#

[maxsolomon]

1. All it takes is a few airport workers

to have family threatened unless they look the other way.

I'm surprised Putin hasn't started carpet bombing Syria in retaliation - maybe next week.

[Marrah_G]

2. I've always wanted to see the Pyramids

Ummm... I mean the grain storage facilites, but you could not pay me to visit anywhere in that region of the world now.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

3. US to step up screening of some US-bound flights after Egypt crash

US to step up screening of some US-bound flights after Egypt crash

Washington (AFP) - The United States said Friday it was stepping up security screenings of US-bound flights from some Middle East airports as a precaution after the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the United States also would review its assessments of foreign airports and offer them help with security as well as take other measures, "both seen and unseen."

http://news.yahoo.com/us-step-screening-us-bound-flights-egypt-crash-183240043.html;_ylt=AwrBT7.l9DxWBiQAXh9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

[Sunlei]

4. This was a Russian owned flight and not an open International flight?

If it was an onboard planted bomb by terrorist group, seems targeted at Russia?

[MowCowWhoHow III]

5. Sound of explosion heard on Russian plane's black box: French TV

Sound of explosion heard on Russian plane's black box: French TV

The sound of an explosion could be heard on the black boxes recovered from a Russian plane that crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, according to an investigator who had access to them, French TV station France 2 said on its website on Friday.

According to the investigator, the explosion was not consistent with an engine failure, the report said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/us-egypt-crash-idUSKCN0SV2ML20151106?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews