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United Kingdom: ban on flights to Sharm, Egypt, removed

Four years after the tragedy, connections were restored

Today the United Kingdom has eliminated the ban imposed four years ago for security reasons on connections between Britain and Sharm el Sheikh, in Egypt.In October 2015, in fact, following the crash of the flight of the former Russian company Metrojet caused by a bomb in the aircraft where 224 passengers lost their lives (see AVIONEWS), Sharm had become a stop off limits for flights from the United...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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