United States tightens airport security
The US authorities have decided to strengthen security measures in relation to flights arriving in the country as a precautionary measure after the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt.
October 31 crash of the Kogalymavia company aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula, all 224 passengers who were flying from the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg were killed.
In addition, according to the head of the US Department of Homeland Security, Jay Johnson, items carried on board the aircraft will be subject to more thorough scrutiny.
In a statement, Johnson noted that he and the head of the transport security department outlined a number of temporary security measures for flights arriving in the United States from the airports of some countries.
CNN reported on Friday, citing investigative data, that the version of a bomb explosion on board the Russian A321 aircraft was confirmed. The explosion is allegedly indicated by data from “black boxes”.
The US and British intelligence agencies had previously shared intelligence information, based on which it can be assumed that the cause of the crash of a Russian airliner was a bomb hidden in the cargo hold.
Как сообщил The French television channel France-2, citing one of the participants in the investigation of the accident, the flight recorder of the crashed aircraft recorded the sound of an explosion on board, and this is not about an engine explosion.
Russian authorities on Friday banned the airlines of the country to fly to Egypt and back. The measure proposed by the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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