Civil aviation has long been a high priority target for some terrorist groups. While not ruling out an accident, reports suggest the British government has intelligence that leads it to suspect an explosive device may have been placed in the hold.
We can only speculate on what happened to Flight 9268 at this stage. But the UK government’s measures to halt flights and repatriate travellers without their luggage expose how serious its reservations are about security screening and air-side security at Sharm el Sheikh International airport.
Risk Advisory Group: Airports face new security issues if Metrojet bomb theory proved
Air
Edward Robertson
6 November 2015
The UK and US governments have indicated that it is more likely than not that the Metrojet disaster in the Sinai on Saturday was caused by an act of terrorism.
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