By Aswat Masriya The Egyptian Holding Airport and Air Navigation Company activated a security check plan in airports nationwide at a cost of EGP 175 million on the heels of the Kremlin’s announcement that the ill-fated Russian jet was downed in Sinai in an alleged act of terrorism. The plan involves renewing and replacing the airport radiation scanners for passengers, cargo, luggage, parcels and even vehicles. Russia confirmed last Tuesday that the Metrojet-operated charter flight heading from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Pertersburg was brought down by a handmade bomb. Based on Russia’s Federal Security Service’s specialist assessment, an explosive device with the equivalent of 1 kilogram of TNT led to the midair breakup of the A321. All 224 passengers and crew, redominantly Russian holidamakers, were killed on board leading to enhanced scrutiny of Egypt’s airport security precesses. International news outlets ran stories of occasions when travellers paid security personnel inside Egypt’s airports to go avoid security checks and jump queues. General Mahmoud Kamel, assistant to the airoport company’s president, said that there are plans to replace and renew all electronic machines and devices used for security checks at airports. Kamel added that security personnel…
