Russian experts to check airports of 3 Egyptian cities — official

Russian experts will carry out checks at Egypt’s airports of Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada, deputy Russian transport minister Valery Okulov said Thursday. Russia will take a decision if more demands have to be made to ensure security at Egypt’s airports after the investigation into this week’s incident with the hijacking of the A320 passenger plane, he said. Russia suspended the flights to Egypt after the Oct 31 crash of Russian passenger jet over the Sinai Peninsula that killed 224 people. The crash was caused by a bomb with up to 1 kg in TNT equivalent planted on the plane, the Federal Security Service chief said. Moscow called on Egypt to step up security measures at the country’s airports and a commission from Russia is planning to check this April how these demands are fulfilled. <br/>