Russia should suspend all flights to Egypt until the cause of the crash near Sharm el-Sheikh resort is determined, Russia's security chief has suggested.
Aleksandr Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), said this while addressing a Russian anti-terror committee meeting in Moscow.
UK investigators believe a bomb was put in the plane’s hold prior to take-off, killing all 224 people on board.
The UK has suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh and is bringing Britons home.
The Metrojet Airbus A321 was flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg when it came down in Sinai on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board. Most of the victims were Russian.
Sinai-based militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group said they destroyed the plane, but did not say how. IS has called for a war against both Russia and the United States over their air strikes in Syria.
UK officials said they had received intelligence based on intercepted communications between militants in the Sinai Peninsula, indicating a bomb caused the crash.
However, both Egypt and Russia earlier insisted it was too early to draw conclusions.
Thousands of holidaymakers, 19,000 from the UK, remain stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Many Britons were due to return today but one of the main airlines operating from the resort, Easyjet, says its plans have been sharply curtailed by the Egyptian authorities, with only two of its 10 flights leaving.
Egyptian Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal denied banning any flights, but said there was an issue of “capacity” at the airport, with extra security and more planes than usual.
- BBC