Turkish Airlines become the 8th major carrier to take precautionary act on flying to Egypt in the past 24 hours, Turkish Airlines planes at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul May 15, 2013 (Reuters)
Turkish Airlines cancelled flights to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on Friday and Saturday nights over security concerns, after a Russian airliner which took off from there crashed on Saturday.
The flag-carrier dispatched a security team to Sharm El-Sheikh airport to assess security procedures earlier on Friday.
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