British airports facing security crackdown if proven ISIS bomb downed Russian jet

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed the possibility today as he warned there are Brits who would 'love' to blow up a plane 

More airports worldwide could be hit by a Sharm El-Sheikh-style security crackdown if it's confirmed an ISIS bomb downed Russia's crashed jet.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed the possibility today as thousands of Brits remain stranded in the Egyptian resort amid fears of a terror attack.
It is now more than a week since an Airbus A321 crashed in a Sinai desert killing all 224 people on board .
Mr Hammond grounded all flights to and from Britain and the resort, saying was a 'significant possibility' the jet was destroyed by ISIS - also called IS and ISIL.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the Department for Transport is reviewing global security 'all the time' adding: "There are people in this country who would love to smuggle an explosive device onto an aeroplane.
"They would do it if they could".

Chaos: Queues in Sharm El-Sheikh airport

But he said today: "If this turns out to be a device planted by an ISIL operative or somebody inspired by ISIL then clearly we will have to look again at the level of security we expect to see in airports in areas where ISIL is active.
"What we have got to do is ensure that airport security everywhere is at the level of the best and that airport security reflects the local conditions.
"Where there is a higher local threat level that will mean higher levels of security are required.
"That may mean additional costs, it may mean additional delays at airports as people check in."

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The Russian jet which came down in the Sinai desert killing 224 people

Fresh claims emerged about the chaos at the Egyptian airport today, including that a CCTV station to monitor baggage handlers was routinely abandoned.
A source told the Independent on Sunday it was '50-50' whether the screens were monitored adding: "It happens sometimes that no one is there".
Just 1,500 of the 20,000 Brits in Sharm El-Sheikh were able to come home yesterday as security slowed down departures - amid fears they are running out of vital medication .
Some believe they could be stranded for 10 days as Mr Hammond admitted British security experts who have been parachuted in are 'running up against capacity limits of the airport'.

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Defence: Philip Hammond said 5,000 Brits will have returned home by the end of today

But the Foreign Secretary insisted 'at most people will experience a delay of two or three days' and by the end of today 5,000 will have come home.
He also said the shock case of a Thomson flight which narrowly avoided a so-called missile in Egypt in August was a 'red herring'.
He said: "I looked very carefully at that at the time.
"There was an Egyptian military exercise going on on the ground and I was satisfied at the end of that investigation that that was not an attempt on the plane. The plane was not in danger at any time."