Other airliners from Britain and Western Europe also are arriving to
bring their nationals home, after several countries and airlines last
week suspended new flights to Egypt because of the security concerns as
suspicions focused on the possibility that a bomb caused the Metrojet
crash.
U.S. and British officials have cited intelligence reports as indicating
that the Oct. 31 flight from the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh
to St. Petersburg was brought down by a bomb on board. Most of the 224
people onboard were Russian tourists.
Since the Russian suspension of Egypt flights was announced on Friday,
dozens of airliners have been bringing Russian tourists back home,
carrying only cabin baggage, while Russian cargo planes are hauling back
the rest of their luggage.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said it would take
about two weeks to bring all the stranded Russian tourists back home.
Dvorkovich, who has been made the point-man for the repatriation in the
wake of the Russian plane crash in Sinai, said earlier in the day 25,000
have already been brought back home since the weekend.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
said he does not expect flights to Egypt to resume any time soon,
saying that "it will take time" to ensure safety of travelers in Egypt.
culled: ABC news
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