Sharm flight delays of up to three days - Philip Hammond

People who want to fly to the United Kingdom from Sharm el-Sheikh may experience a delay of up to three days, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

He blamed the delay on new security measures and airport capacity, following the crash of a Russian airline plane last Saturday, which killed 224 people.

Mr Hammond said if the plane was brought down by a terrorist bomb, the UK would have to reconsider security in airports worldwide.

He also said that reports of an incident involving a missile passing near a British plane over the Sinai desert a few months ago were "a red herring".

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