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Concerns Over Egyptian Airport Security Raised By Experts

Six months ago, a bomb was smuggled onto a Russian Metrojet passenger plane, which exploded of the Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 onboard. This week, an EgyptAir flight was taken over by a hijacker enroute from Alexandria on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast to the country’s capital in Cairo.

Aviation experts are now raising serious questions regarding the safety of aviation in Egypt, blaming Egyptian aviation authorities for failing to improve security and prevent the hijacking following the plane bombing just a few months ago.

These failings were described as “very serious” by Captain Mike Vivian, a British aviation safety and security consultant. The problem, according to him, is the tension between those in Egypt keen to preserve the tourist industry the country is reliant upon, and those hostile to foreign intrusion.