Britain's decision to suspend air traffic between the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh to the United Kingdom is premature, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. On Wednesday, the UK government concluded that the Russian A321 passenger plane, en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, might have crashed due to a bomb explosion, and suspended all flights to and from the Egyptian city until additional security measures had been taken. According to Shoukry, this decision is premature, as it was adopted by London before the official results of the ongoing investigation had been published. "The Egyptian government will announce the results of the investigation, of the analysis of the plane's black boxes as soon as it is carried out, so one should not make premature conclusions until the completion of this process," the minister stressed. According to Downing Street, the suspension of air traffic will affect some 20,000 Britons who are currently on vacation in the Red Sea resort. The Russian A321, operated by airline Kogalymavia, crashed in the Sinai Peninsula on October 31. All 224 people on board died in the crash.
