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NEARLY A YEAR AFTER A PLANE WAS BOMBED, SHARM EL-SHEIKH'S TOURISM INDUSTRY IS STILL STRUGGLING.

Tourism is an important source of foreign currency...

25th September, 2016 488

Trending News Headlines : Metrojet

SECURITY GUARDS IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH ARE USING FAKE BOMB DETECTORS

Egypt plane crash 'Fake' bomb detectors being used by hotel security guards searching for explosives...

JAILED BRITISH CONMEN

11th November, 2015 6247

SHARM EL-SHEIKH IS A RESORT CITY KNOWN FOR ITS SANDY BEACHES.

Russian plane crash in Egypt kills all 224 people aboard...

31st October, 2015 4878

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER

Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane...

2nd November, 2015 3967

PUTIN SUSPENDS RUSSIAN FLIGHTS TO EGYPT AMID SECURITY FEARS

Russians can buy a week in Egypt with room and some meals for as little as 400, but that is still a significant sum for many visitors...

6th November, 2015 1903

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

"THIS IS ALL WITHIN TSA'S CAPABILITIES, WITHIN THEIR POWER, WITHIN THEIR AUTHORITIES AND RESOURCES," THE OFFICIAL SAID.

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EGYPT

PLANE CRASH

UNSPECIFIED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

OFFICIAL

8th November, 2015 1897

ACCORDING TO SOME REPORTS, PASSENGERS COULD PAY STAFF AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH TO BYPASS SECURITY QUEUES.

Egypt denied reports that two employees at Sharm el-Sheikh airport had been arrested in connection with the bombing...

17th November, 2015 1847

CHAOS AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH AIRPORT AMID CONFUSION OVER 'RESCUE FLIGHTS'

Egypt has rejected claims that Isis carried out the attack and maintains there is nothing wrong with security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH AIRPORT

6th November, 2015 1222

A TEAM OF RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS WAS SENT IMMEDIATELY TO EGYPT, ACCORDING TO RUSSIA'S EMERGENCIES MINISTRY, THE RUSSIAN STATE-RUN NEWS AGENCY RIA REPORTS.

"We will know the true reasons when the Civil Aviation Authority in coordination with Russian authorities completes its investigation...

1st November, 2015 1083

RUSSIAN AIRLINER METROJET SAYS SATURDAY'S PLANE CRASH IN EGYPT, WHICH KILLED ALL 224 PEOPLE ON BOARD, WAS NOT CAUSED BY TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OR PILOT ERROR.

The flight from the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg broke up over the Sinai peninsula...

2nd November, 2015 1055

cnn.com

EGYPTIAN INVESTIGATORS HAVE SO FAR FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF TERRORISM IN THE DEADLY CRASH OF THE RUSSIAN PLANE METROJET FLIGHT 9268 IN SINAI, AUTHORITIES SAID.

Egypt no evidence of terrorism so far in russian passenger jet crash...

LEAD INVESTIGATOR AYMAN

ISIS

14th December, 2015 975

RUSSIAN AIRLINE OFFICIAL RULES OUT TECHNICAL ERROR AS CAUSE OF CRASH

In July 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a warhead fired from a Russian-built Buk missile system, Dutch investigators said...

2nd November, 2015 883

EGYPTIAN PLANE CRASH ISIS CLAIMS MILITANTS DOWNED METROJET FLIGHT BUT OFFICIALS FIND NO EVIDENCE OF ATTACK

Isis is claiming it shot down a plane over Egypt...

31st October, 2015 863

dailymail.co.uk

THE SENIOR LEADER OF THE TERRORIST GROUP ISLAMIC STATE HEADS THE MOVING OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS INTO SYRIA AND PROCESSING THE GROUP'S NEW RECRUITS THERE.

Syria is now the country in which Islamic State trains most of its fighters for jihad around the world...

20th November, 2015 781

PUTIN SUSPENDS FLIGHTS TO EGYPT AMID SECURITY FEARS PRESIDENT VLADIMIR V.

A midair collapse and a vast field of debris The plane crashed in Hasana, a region in the northern Sinai Peninsula...

6th November, 2015 623

AIRLINES CURRENTLY DEPART FROM SINAI AIRPORTS SUCH AS AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH.

Irish airlines were also directed Wednesday not to operate in the Sinai peninsula until further notice, said Eamonn Brennan, chief executive of the Irish Aviation Authority...

RUSSIAN METROJET PLANE

AP

4th November, 2015 612

SUDDEN 'NOISE' ON BLACK BOX AS RUSSIAN PLANE BROKE UP IN FLIGHT

Egyptian inquiry considering 'all possible scenarios' in crash of Metrojet over Sinai...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

7th November, 2015 574

dailymail.co.uk

HE ALSO SERVES AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RUSSIAN STATE TV HOLDING COMPANY VGTRK.

Top ISIS militant is killed in firefight with police in Cairo...

SINAI PROVINCE LEADER

ISIS

9th November, 2015 474

WORLD MOURNS DEATHS OF 224 PEOPLE KILLED IN RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH

Jesse Jackson tweeted a message of solidarity saying, Pray for the families of Russian plane crash victims. Flight 7K9268 in Sinai...

31st October, 2015 469

nbcnews.com

AIRLINES FLY IN TO, OUT OF, OR OVER EGYPT'S SINAI PENINSULA, WHERE SHARM EL-SHEIKH IS SITUATED.

Channel Sky News that security was so lax at Sharm el-Sheikh airport that he paid an official 35 to avoid luggage checks...

8th November, 2015 391

cnn.com

ISIS STEPS UP ATTACKS FAR FROM ITS 'CALIPHATE'

ISIS' rhetoric celebrates indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets that are, in its view, symbols of Western power or decadence...

CENTRAL ISIS LEADERSHIP

15th January, 2016 386

telegraph.co.uk

SHARM EL-SHEIKH UK HOLIDAYMAKERS STRANDED IN EGYPT AS DOWNING STREET CANCELS FLIGHTS AMID TERROR FEARS

Instead, Mr Cameron is likely to have to explain to the Egyptian delegation why he did not trust them with the safety of British holidaymakers...

SHARM EL SHEIKH

SHARM EL-SHEIKH AIRPORT

4th November, 2015 345

EGYPT PLANE CRASH 10-MONTH-OLD BABY FLYING HOME WITH PARENTS AMONG CHILDREN KILLED IN DISASTER

The youngest victim of the Egypt plane crash was 10 months old...

31st October, 2015 271

THE PLANE WAS EN ROUTE FROM THE EGYPTIAN RESORT CITY OF SHARM EL-SHEIKH TO ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, WHEN IT CRASHED 23 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.

Metrojet said in a statement that the required factory maintenance of the aircraft was carried out last year...

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AIRPORT

AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK

AIRBUS TWIN-ENGINE A320

AIRBUS

31st October, 2015 231

EGYPTIAN BAGGAGE HANDLERS

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CLAIMS ALLIES NOT SHARING INTELLIGENCE ON POSSIBLE ISIS BOMB PLOT

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has remained tight-lipped but cancelled all flights between Russia and Egypt as Isis' claim of responsibility gained traction...

7th November, 2015 228

dailymail.co.uk

THE NEWS EMERGED AS EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS REVEALED THEY ARE CHECKING VIDEO FOOTAGE AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH AIRPORT FOR ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE CRASH.

An unnamed source also reportedly linked to the investigation into the black boxes claimed the Metrojet flight was 'definitely' blown up by an explosive device...

AYMAN AL-MUQADDAM

8th November, 2015 191

smh.com.au

WILL RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MAKE VLADIMIR PUTIN WITHDRAW FROM SYRIA?

Vladimir Putin's flexing of military muscle has fanned Russian national pride and boosted his image...

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

8th November, 2015 167

RUSSIAN STATE-CONTROLLED NTV

EGYPT PLANE CRASH CO-PILOT COMPLAINED ABOUT PLANE'S CONDITION, WIFE CLAIMS

Egypt plane crash pilot was worried about plane's condition, wife claims...

BASHAR AL-ASSAD

EGYPT

EGYPT PLANE CRASH

1st November, 2015 135

RUSSIA ON 1 NOVEMBER MOURNED ITS BIGGEST EVER AIR DISASTER AFTER A PASSENGER JET FULL OF RUSSIAN TOURISTS CRASHED IN EGYPT'S SINAI, KILLING ALL 224 PEOPLE ON BOARD.

Russian plane crash Egyptian media claim bomb concerns are 'Western terrorism' intended to ruin economy...

EGYPT

SHARM EL-SHEIKH AIRPORT

PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD MORSI

12th November, 2015 134

telegraph.co.uk

MEANWHILE, RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS RAIDED THE MOSCOW OFFICE OF METROJET, THE AIRLINER WHICH OPERATED THE FLIGHT.

The particular aircraft which crashed was built by Airbus in 1997 and flown by Metrojet from 2012 onwards...

1st November, 2015 127

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (FCO) ADVISES AGAINST TRAVEL TO WESTERN PARTS OF EGYPT AND THE SINAI PENINSULA, WHILE WARNING OF A "HIGH THREAT FROM TERRORISM" ELSEWHERE.

But since Isis seized swathes of Iraq and Syria in its 2014, a wave of international terror attacks has raised threat levels in the countries bombing its militants and their citizens...

TERRORISM

TERROR ATTACKS

PREVIOUS TERROR ATTACKS

FCO

21st May, 2016 109

Related News Headlines : Metrojet

A U.S. OFFICIAL SUGGESTED WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO KEEP SYRIAN CHAOS UNDER CONTROL AS OBAMA LEAVES OFFICE HAVE BEEN UPENDED.

As Syria cease-fire fails, Obama may leave successor 'problem from hell'...

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

24th September, 2016 611

cnn.com

THE US MILITARY SAID THE COALITION THOUGHT IT WAS HITTING ISIS MILITANTS, BUT HOURS LATER SAID THE AIRSTRIKE MAY HAVE STRUCK SYRIAN SOLDIERS.

A US airstrike hit a Syrian military position Saturday, the regime said. The Russian military said at least 62 Syrian soldiers were killed...

17th September, 2016 10064

reuters.com

KREMLIN OBAMA'S TRUMP CRITICISM ANTI-RUSSIAN, WON'T FOSTER BETTER TIES

Is unlikely to help fledgling fragile attempts to build at least some sort of mutual trust...

UNITED STATES

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY

BARACK OBAMA

14th September, 2016 1519

AND RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES WILL TARGET AREAS WHERE THEY BOTH AGREE NUSRA OR ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS ARE PRESENT.

In return, the United States is to persuade the opposition groups it has been supporting to separate themselves from the Nusra forces...

10th September, 2016 2259

japantimes.co.jp

PUTIN WILL TRY TO GET FROM BARACK OBAMA .

The Group of 20 summit starting in China on Sunday gives Russian President Vladimir Putin one more chance to try to strong-arm U.S. President Barack Obama...

RUSSIA

VLADIMIR PUTIN

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

BARACK OBAMA

1st September, 2016 0

JOHN KERRY VISITS MOSCOW TO PREPARE FOR TALKS ON SYRIA

Last week, a wide range of Syrian opposition figures formed a new body to oversee peace negotiations and insisted that Mr. Assad step down...

15th December, 2015 134

JOHN KERRY ARRIVES IN MOSCOW FOR SYRIA TALKS

"I look forward to making real progress," Kerry said .....

15th December, 2015 31

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

DEFENSE SECRETARY ASHTON CARTER LAST TUESDAY ANNOUNCED A SPECIALIZED EXPEDITIONARY TARGETING FORCE WOULD BE GOING AFTER ISLAMIC STATE LEADERS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.

Both have responded to recent Islamic State terrorist acts outside Syria by sending in modest special forces units...

7th December, 2015 111

bloomberg.com

THE TWO LEADERS MET 11 DAYS AFTER TERRORISTS TIED TO ISLAMIC STATE KILLED 130 PEOPLE IN AND AROUND PARIS.

Obama, hollande meet as russian jet downing complicates campaign...

VLADIMIR PUTIN

ISLAMIC STATE

PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE

BARACK OBAMA

24th November, 2015 23

bloomberg.com

OBAMA FIRM ON OUSTING ASSAD, SAYS RUSSIA FACES STRATEGIC CHOICE

Like France, Russia has been a target of Islamic State terrorism...

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

22nd November, 2015 228

bloomberg.com

OBAMA SAID THE U.S. HAS "CONTAINED" THE ISLAMIC STATE FROM MAKING TERRITORIAL GAINS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ.''

Republican presidential candidates urged greater confrontation with terrorists and a clampdown on immigration, while slamming President Barack Obama, following Friday evening's terror assaults in Paris...

14th November, 2015 135