Editing Sharm El Sheikh (section)

===Flight incidents===
On 23 August 2015, [[Thomson Airways]] Flight 476, approaching Sharm El Sheikh at the end of a flight from [[London Stansted Airport]] with 189 passengers aboard, took evasive action to avoid a missile traveling toward it.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Topham |first=Gwyn |date=2015-11-07 |title=Sharm el-Sheikh flight from Stansted dodged missile last August |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/06/missed-by-a-1000-feet-how-british-holidaymakers-came-close-to-being-hit-by-a-missile-in-august |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> the missile missed the airliner by about {{convert|1,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}, and the plane landed safely. A UK investigation concluded that the missile was an [[Egyptian armed forces]] missile that had strayed from a military exercise, although the Egyptian government said the flight was never at risk.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-11-07 |title=British Sharm el-Sheikh flight in 'missile' incident |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34754577 |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

On 31 October 2015, while flying from Sharm El Sheikh to Saint Petersburg, [[Metrojet Flight 9268]] was destroyed by a bomb above the northern Sinai following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, killing all 224 people on board,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/03/egyptair-metrojet-flight-9268-airport-security-462784.html |title=Metrojet Crash: Why The Insider Threat to Airport Security Isn't Just Egypt's Problem |date=24 May 2016 |first=Owen |last=Matthews |magazine=Newsweek |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710185526/http://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/03/egyptair-metrojet-flight-9268-airport-security-462784.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for this incident. This caused the repatriation of British and Russian tourists from 5 November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34739343 |title=Stranded Brits in Sharm to fly home |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108012749/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34739343 |archive-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> Following these events, many countries ordered all flights to Sharm El Sheikh be suspended.<ref name="PorousSecurity">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sharm-el-sheikh-airport-officials-reveal-porous-security-35053521 |title=International News: Latest Headlines, Video and Photographs from Around the World &ndash; People, Places, Crisis, Conflict, Culture, Change, Analysis and Trends |website=ABC News |access-date=30 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108100556/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sharm-el-sheikh-airport-officials-reveal-porous-security-35053521 |archive-date=8 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> These suspensions were gradually lifted as the security situation improved, with the UK government ending its ban on direct flights on 22 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sharm el-Sheikh: UK to resume flights after safety ban |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50137471 |date=22 October 2019 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=22 October 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195724/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50137471 |url-status=live}}</ref> The process of lifting flight suspensions was completed on 9 August 2021, when the first direct flight from Russia since November 2015 (operated by [[Rossiya Airlines]]) landed at [[Sharm El Sheikh International Airport]].<ref name=Rusresume>{{cite web |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/106758/Photos-Sharm-El-Sheikh-receives-its-1st-direct-flight-from |title=Photos: Sharm El-Sheikh receives its 1st direct flight from Russia since 2015 ban |website=egypttoday.com |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809220207/https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/106758/Photos-Sharm-El-Sheikh-receives-its-1st-direct-flight-from |url-status=live}}</ref>