The UK and Egypt - After Russian Crash

 10 Downing Street: Reports. " While the investigation is still ongoing we cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed. 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.

In light of this and as a precautionary measure we have decided that flights due to leave Sharm for the UK this evening will be delayed. That will allow time for a team of UK aviation experts, currently travelling to Sharm, to make an assessment of the security arrangements in place at the airport and to identify whether any further action is required. We expect this assessment to be completed tonight.

In terms of flights from the UK to Sharm, there are no more departures today.

We would underline that this is a precautionary step and we are working closely with the airlines on this approach. The Prime Minister will chair a COBR at 6:45pm to review the situation and we will provide an update after that meeting. "

Lets Get Real:

IT can be postulated that new information came from sources within UK intelligence, the Government must make sure that ALL flights from Sharm are safe for British citizens.   There must also be pressure on Egypt to upgrade its security for the region.  Thus far Egypt and Russia have been quite about this development, as stated in previous blog they have had reasons for the crash to be seen as technical, in the Russian case its attacks on Daesh in Syria, they do no want to see a connection between the two, and in the case of Egypt they need tourists to come to Egypt, if it was a bomb, this will hit the tourist trade.  This is developing story.