Sharm El-Sheikh Tourists Trampled As They ‘Overwhelm’ Security Staff

The first group of British holiday makers arrive at Gatwick Airport after severe delays to flights leaving from Sharm el-Sheikh, following the Sinai plane crash

The first group of British holiday makers arrive at Gatwick Airport after severe delays to flights leaving from Sharm el-Sheikh, following the Sinai plane crash

The first group of British holiday makers arrive at Gatwick Airport after severe delays to flights leaving from Sharm el-Sheikh, following the Sinai plane crash

The first group of British holiday makers arrive at Gatwick Airport after severe delays to flights leaving from Sharm el-Sheikh, following the Sinai plane crash

Eight out of 29 scheduled flights will leave Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh for Britain on Friday, an Egyptian official said, one day after Britain grounded all flights between the two countries due to a recent Russian airline crash over the Sinai peninsula.

he first group of British holiday makers arrive at Gatwick Airport after severe delays to flights leaving from Sharm el-Sheikh, following the Sinai plane crash Pictured: Jake Jones and Jordan Jacks from Birmingham

British tourists arrive at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

British tourists rest at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 .

Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

British tourists arrive at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights .

AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

British tourists arrive at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

British tourists arrive at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 .

Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

British Ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, speaks to journalists at Sharm el-Sheikh International airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Hundreds of British tourists stranded in the Egyptian resort from where a doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, waited anxiously Friday for flights home as budget carrier easyJet said the Egyptian government had disrupted its plans to fly the Britons out of Sinai. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

British Ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, speaks to journalists at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Hundreds of British tourists stranded in the Egyptian resort from where a doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, waited anxiously Friday for flights home as budget carrier easyJet said the Egyptian government had disrupted its plans to fly the Britons out of Sinai. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

Agents from the easyJet company give flight information to a passenger waiting to be evacuated from the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Hundreds of British tourists stranded in the Egyptian resort from where a doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, waited anxiously Friday for flights home as the budget carrier said the Egyptian government had disrupted its plans to fly the Britons out of Sinai. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

An employee of EasyJet talks to stranded tourists waiting at the airport to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . The budget carrier had been due to operate 10 flights from the Red Sea resort on Friday, but said eight would not be able to operate because Egypt had suspended British flights from flying into the airport. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

British tourists wait in the departure hall to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K .

officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

Tourists queue up at check-in counters at the airport of Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Travellers pass through airport security in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 .

Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists queue at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights .

AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists wait at the airport of Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists wait in the departure hall to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

Egyptian airport security check passenger’s luggage as they pass through security in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 .

Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists pass through airport security in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights .

AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists queue at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 . Britain moved to repatriate thousands of tourists from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh after warnings a ‘terrorist bomb’ may have brought down a Russian jet that took off from the resort, as several nervous airlines scrapped their flights . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian tourists queue at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 6, 2015 .

Egypt is not allowing British airlines to fly extra repatriation flights to bring back holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the airline easyJet said . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists wait in line at the security gate before the check-in counter at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egypt police are carrying out detailed security checks around the airport at Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K .

officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

A tourist talks to staff from the British Embassy as other tourists wait in line at the security gate before the check-in counter at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egypt police are carrying out detailed security checks around the airport at Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

British Embassy staff assist in the evacuation of tourists at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

British tourist, Mo Phelps, from Andover, England, waits for a wheelchair to assist her in boarding a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Tourists are led by a tour guide as they enter Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport in south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Tourists wait in the departure hall to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/ Vinciane Jacquet)

The Stevenson family from Brighton, England, wait in the departure area before boarding an EasyJet flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

The Stevenson family from Brighton, England, wait in the departure area before boarding an EasyJet flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

British tourists wait in line to check in for an EasyJet flight to England, at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists wearing t-shirts with images of Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo in the departure terminal before boarding a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K . officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists check in to depart for St.Petersburg, Russia from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Thursday, Nov .

5, 2015 . Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists check in as they prepare to depart for St.Petersburg, Russia from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Thursday, Nov .

5, 2015 . Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists check in as they prepare to depart for St.Petersburg, Russia from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Thursday, Nov .

5, 2015 . Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists check in as they prepare to depart for St.Petersburg, Russia from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Thursday, Nov .

5, 2015 . Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists check in to depart for St.Petersburg, Russia from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Thursday, Nov .

5, 2015 . Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Russian tourists check in, to depart for St.Petersburg, Russia from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Thursday, Nov .

5, 2015 . Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

A general view shows planes sitting on the tarmac at the airport in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 5, 2015 .

Britain and Ireland suspended air links on November 4, over concerns a Russian flight home from Sharm el-Sheikh that crashed may have been brought down by a bomb . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

A child plays with a toy gun in the departure area before boarding a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov .

6, 2015 . Egyptian police carried out detailed security checks on Friday at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, the resort from where the doomed Russian plane took off last weekend, after U.K .

officials confirmed that flights will start bringing stranded British tourists home from the Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)