Passengers waiting for an easyJet flight to Britain which got cancelled wait at Sharm el-Sheikh airport for further announcements. November 6, 2015 (Reuters)

British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson speaks to journalists at the airport in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson speaks to journalists at the airport in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

Tourists leave after finishing their holidays, at the airport of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, November 6, 2015 (Reuters)

Tourists queue at the airport in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

Tourists wait at the airport of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

Tourists queue up at check-in counters at the airport of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

Russian tourists wearing t-shirts bearing a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, queue inside the airport in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

Tourists wait at the airport of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 (AFP)

An easyJet plane with about 165 British passengers on board takes off from the airport in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 6, 2015, in the first flight to repatriate British tourists stranded (AFP)