Foreign Ministry: Danes can still travel to Sharm el-Sheikh

British and American intelligence suggesting that Islamic State was behind the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268

Despite the cause of the Russian passenger jet Metrojet Flight 9268 crashing on Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula still being unclear, the Danish Foreign Ministry has stated that it is okay for Danes to fly to the popular tourism destination Sharm el-Sheikh.

The announcement comes following the notification of an emergency meeting involving the Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Ministry’s international operational staff and crisis response group today at 15:00.

“We have no plans to change our travel guidelines for Sharm el-Sheikh at the moment,” said Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, the head of the Foreign Ministry’s citizenship service.

“The security at the destination remains unchanged. It’s up to our colleagues at the traffic authority Trafikstyrelsen to ascertain the security aspects regarding aviation.”

READ MORE: New EU ruling could put unsafe planes in the air, warns airline boss

Flights suspended
The news comes despite British and American intelligence suggesting that Islamic State was behind the crash of the airliner last weekend, which killed all 224 people on board – the vast majority of whom were Russian citizens.

Several nations – including the US, the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands – have suspended or rerouted all flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula.

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