Mad rush for tourists stranded in Egypt to return home

It now appears that the downed flight’s data recorder of the Metrojet Airbus A321 that was flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg tends to suggest a “violent, sudden” explosion that caused the Russian plane’s crash and, hence, thousands of travelers from Britain and Russia have been stranded in Egypt. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended all Russian flights to Egypt and has asked for up to 50,000 holiday-makers in Egypt to be brought home.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 8 November 2015.

The UK has already suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh which is a popular tourist destination and resort area between the desert of the Sinai Peninsula and the Red Sea. Britain is flying Britons home and estimates that 19,000 of its nationals continue to remain stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Other countries like Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have also restricted travel to Sharm el-Sheikh and, the situation has resulted in increased tension and travel chaos following French aviation officials informing the media that the Russian plane crash in Egypt last week was not due to technical failures.
French officials have said the flight data recorder suggested a "violent, sudden" explosion was responsible for the crash that left all 224 people on board. Moreover, intercepted militant calls indicate that a bomb had been put in the hold before take-off. Militants linked to the Islamic State group (ISIS) say they downed the plane.

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