Russia Resumes Flights to Egyptian Resorts After 6 Years
Passengers board a Rossiya flight bound for Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt at Sheremetyevo International Airport, in Moscow on Aug. 9.
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Cairo (AP) -- Russia resumed flights to Egyptian Red Sea resorts on Monday, ending a ban that had lasted almost six years following the bombing of a Russian airliner that killed all 224 people onboard.
The local branch of the Islamic State group said it downed the plane over Sinai in October 2015, shortly after the aircraft took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. At the time, Russian officials insisted that security procedures at Egyptian airports were insufficient.