Reuters U.S. agencies say not invited to join Egypt probe into Russian plane crash Neither the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) nor the FBI have been invited to join the Egyptian-led investigation into the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula late last month, officials at the two U.S. agencies said on Thursday. Representatives for the FBI said that the bureau had offered both Egyptian and Russian crash investigators forensic assistance and other investigative help, but as of Thursday its offers had not been accepted. An NTSB spokesman said that for the last several days his agency had been answering technical questions from Egyptian crash investigators on an informal basis. Some questions have related to the plane's engines, manufactured by the U.S. company Pratt & Whitney, the spokesman for the air transport safety agency said. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/12/us-egypt-crash-usa-idUSKCN0T12W520151112#GLhgqrhe1MXCcyI1.97 The Times Of Israel Egypt sent condolences to Navon family on president's death The Egyptian government sent a letter to the family of former president Yitzhak Navon, expressing its condolences over his recent death, Army Radio reported Thursday. Fluent in Arabic, Navon became close to his Egyptian counterpart Anwar Sadat, who signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979 during Navon's tenure as president. Navon visited Cairo in 1980, at Sadat's invitation. Less than three months ago, President Reuven Rivlin sent Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi condolences upon the death of his mother. Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-sent-condolences-to-navon-family-upon-his-death/ Sputnik News Russian Emergencies Ministry Plane Transports Tourist Baggage From Egypt A Russian Emergencies Ministry plane has delivered over 18 metric tons of luggage, belonging to Russian tourists, from Egypt to Moscow, a ministry spokesperson informs. Russia suspended flights to Egypt on November 6 following the Airbus A321 plane crash that killed 224 people. "An Il-76 plane of the Emergencies Ministry has landed at the Vnukovo airport [in Moscow] with over 18 tonnes of luggage onboard, belonging to Russian tourists who left Egypt earlier on 10 transit flights," a ministry spokesperson said early on Friday. This is the 16th flight that carried the baggage of tourists, who are now only allowed to travel with carry-on luggage from Egypt back home. Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151113/1030015262/tourists-a321-egypt-luggage.html
