Voice of America Russia Bans Egypt's National Carrier Russia's state aviation agency has banned Egypt's national carrier from flying to Russia, amid speculation a bomb was planted on the Russian airliner that crashed last month in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Rosaviatsiya on Friday notified Domodedovo airport in Moscow, where Egypt's air flights arrive, that the ban is effective starting Saturday, according to airport officials. The aviation agency did not give an immediate reason for the ban on flights. Read more: http://www.voanews.com/content/moscow-bans-egyptair-from-flying-to-russia/3056516.html Reuters Kazakhstan suspends tourist flights to Egypt after Russian plane crash Kazakhstan has suspended tourist flights to Egypt due to safety concerns after a Russian passenger plane crashed there killing all 224 people onboard, Kazakh tourist companies and an airline said on Friday. Tez Tour Kazakhstan, one of Kazakhstan's leading tourist companies, said in a statement to its clients that tourist flights to Egypt had been stopped on Nov. 12 by an order from the Central Asian nation's Civil Aviation Committee. Kazakh airline Scat, the only Kazakh carrier offering charter flights to Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, said the next flight on Nov. 17 would be made only to evacuate the travelers whom it brought there on Nov. 7. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/13/us-egypt-crash-kazakhstan-tourism-idUSKCN0T21BZ20151113#kbJsxJxqXptw9eRs.99 Washington Post Egypt says plane's final seconds to be analyzed abroad Egypt's civil aviation minister says the final seven seconds of the cockpit voice recording from the Russian plane that crashed on Oct. 31 in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula will be sent to a country that has the capabilities to analyze it. Hossam Kamal tells state-run newspaper Al-Ahram in an interview published Friday that a copy of the recording needs to be analyzed with technology "unavailable in most countries." The investigation team has said the recordings include a last-second noise Kamal says the original tape will not be transported out of Egypt, which is leading the investigation alongside representatives from Russia, France, Germany, and Ireland. He didn't identify the country. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-says-planes-final-seconds-to-be-analyzed-abroad/2015/11/13/9575ba3c-89fb-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html
