UK suspends flights from Sinai over bomb risk concerns

Britain has said it is concerned that a Russian airliner that crashed in Sinai may have been brought down by a bomb, prompting it to temporarily suspend flights from Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Wednesday’s announcement came four days after the Russian Airbus crashed in northern Sinai, killing all 224 people on board, just 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh.
“While the investigation is still ongoing we cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed, the office of Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement.

“But as more information has come to light, we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device,” he said.

A Russian aviation source told the Reuters news agency that the investigation into the crash is looking into the possibility of an object stowed on board causing the disaster.