deployment in syria. chuck, you know, we re hearing that there s no evidence bomb residue. at least not yet. and the specific evidence that it was a bomb. by now one would think we would have some indication. i don t know personally enough about the detail of those investigations. what you have is david cameron sticking his neck out pretty far without definitively saying it was a bomb. saying more likely than not it was a bomb. there are these em natienations chatter. and a islamic group has claimed credit. they ve repeated it and said in a few days we re going to come out with the evidence of how beput this on. it s entirely possible that there was some mechanical failure on this plane. and but at the same time you have to reckon with the fact that the sharm el-sheikh airport is a joke, as far as security
russian president vladimir putin he has just announced that he s suspending all russian flights into egypt until the cause of that crash is determined, and a new report out saying that a bomb may have been planted in the cargo hold right before takeoff. the bbc now reporting that british intelligence suggests than explosive device could have been smuggled on board by workers at the sharm el sheikh airport. let s get straight to our senior international correspondent there at the airport, at sharm el sheikh. what are you learning? reporter: well, john, president putin s statements won t be quieting any of those concerns about what exactly happened to that plane before it took to the air. the bbc is reporting from british investigators that there was a fundamental security lapse that allowed a bomb to be put in the hold. and what s giving credence to that broader theory is that for those who are traveling back to the uk, those very lucky few who are being told that they will be sent
the desert searching for debris and any possible sign of what caused metrojet 9268 to crash. investigators from around the world but egypt s civil aviation authority in full control. egypt has adopted a surge of transparency related to this incident. reporter: but with millions in tourism at stake, will egypt offer a fully transparent and open investigation? tourism is one of egypt s largest industries in the warm waters around sharm el-sheikh, a huge draw, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars every year and already egyptian officials are saying that the plane was not brought down by a bomb and that egypt is safe. what happened is a tragic airline incident that happens, unfortunately, part of the reality of our world with millions of flights every day. egypt as a nation is as safe as
looking at what s happened can surely draw their own conclusion. as you said, russian media may be saying one thing but people can draw their own conclusions. richard, does it make sense for the u.s. and uk to follow russia s lead and suspend all flights, not just to sharm el sheikh, but to cairo as well? in terms of the airports, the british have already sent people to sharm el sheikh. and you ll remember that yesterday, president fattah el sisi did say for ten months the british and the egyptians had been looking at security at these airports. so in terms of cairo, i would imagine, i m speculating to some extent, there s a higher level of security or confidence, because i m pretty certain, bearing in mind what the british prime minister did two days ago when he came out and said what he said, if he had doubts about
not going to take any action until the outcome of the investigation, which could take several months, they said. and just 24 hours later they ve cancelled all their flights, suspended all their flights into egypt, adopting the same position it is the united kingdom and the united states on this issue, leaving egypt isolated in denying that terrorism had anything to do with this catastrophe which cost 224 lives. paul cruikshank joins us. paul, how many changes in terms of security and the fight against isis after this attack? i think there s going to be a lot of scrutiny, particularly in the middle east. if this was somebody recruited by isis and sinai who was working at sharm el sheikh airport, that s really been the