Russian Tourist Plane Bombed Over Sinai Peninsula – 25 Moments in 2015

In late October a Russian aircraft carrying 224 people crashed in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists.

Russians had emerged as the dominant group along Egypt’s Red Sea beaches, but they’re now turning away for other markets that could be safer (like Israel).

There were no survivors, and in response Air France and Lufthansa said they’ll avoid flying over the Sinai Peninsula, and the British government suspended all flights to and from the area. Investigators have since deemed the crash as a terrorist act and concluded that a homemade explosive device was used to down the plane. It’s another challenge to Egypt’s inept and corrupt government and a blow to the mass of Egyptians that base their livelihoods on a shrinking tourism sector.

The Full Story:

• Russian Tourist Jet Crashes After Leaving Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
• Egyptians Worry About Impact of Plane Crash on Russian Resort Tourism
• Russia Says Tourist Plane in Sinai Brought Down by Homemade Bomb