President
Vladimir Putin has also asked for up to 50,000 Russian holiday-makers currently
in Egypt to be brought home.
French
aviation officials said that there was no technical failure. Radical
"chatter" suggests a bomb was placed before take-off. Airbus A321 was
flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg once it came down in Sinai on Saturday.
Most of the passengers were Russian.
The Russian decision to suspend flights to
Egypt is a major setback to tourism, tourism is a backbone to the Egyptian
economy. The tourists come from Russia is more than 30% who visit Egypt each
year.
Now the picture has become gradually grim.
Shopkeepers and hotel owners are worried.
Since the revolution in 2011, tourism industry
has been struggling, due to administrative uncertainty.
The timing of the plane crash couldn't be
worse, it's hard to tell when tourism will recover, autumn and winter are
supposed to be the crowning of the tourist season in Egypt. For its warm
weather, bright sunshine and lovely beaches, the country was getting ready for
some busy weeks
Militants from the Sinai Province group,
linked to ISIL, say they shot downed the plane, but not how. IS has declare a
war against both Russia and the US over their air strikes in Syria.
The UK spokespersons received intelligence based on intercepted communications between militants in the Sinai, indicating an explosive device may have been put inside of the luggage just before the plane took off.
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