British ambassador to Egypt heckled at airport as budget airline says eight planned flights back to the UK will no longer operateThe UK government’s attempts to return stranded British holidaymakers from Sharm el-Sheikh possess descended into chaos,as easyJet contradicted senior UK and Egyptian officials over claims that Cairo was blocking unscheduled “rescue flights”.
Two easyJet flights left Sharm on Friday morning, but other passengers at the airport were sent back to their hotels, or with the airline saying Egyptian authorities had prevented a further eight planes from arriving.
Related: Russian plane crash: tourists return from Egypt amid reports of bomb in hold - live Our flights are currently on the way to Sharm. We expect all our aircraft to depart as planned later today https://t.co/Le6vQjp2SJAll we know approximately the baggage arrangements is what we saw on the easyJet websiteContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com