Red Sea
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| Area | 438000 |
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| Max. width | 355 km (221 mi) |
| Max. depth | 3,040 m (9,970 ft) |
| Max. length | 2,250 km (1,400 mi) |
| Islands | Tiran Island |
| Jabal al-Tair Island | |
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| Rocky Island | |
| Hanish Islands | |
| Did you know | Approximately 40% of the Red Sea is quite shallow (under 100 m/330 ft), and about 25% is under 50 meters (164 feet) deep. |
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| ID | 809258 |
About Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez. The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion.
US warship downs drones fired from Houthi-held Yemen in Red Sea
...A US warship engaged and shot down three drones after three commercial vessels came under attack in the Red Sea, US Central Command has said...
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
... A US destroyer in the Red Sea has already intercepted missiles and drones - reported to have been launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen...
Japan condemns Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack of cargo ship in Red Sea
...By Emily McGarveyBBC NewsJapan s government has strongly condemned the hijacking of a Japanese-operated cargo ship in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels...
Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack cargo ship in Red Sea
...Yemen s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say they have seized an Israeli cargo ship in the Red Sea...
Sudan conflict: ‘Our lives have become a piece of hell'
... " Even those who escaped from Khartoum to the relative safety of Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast, are often struggling to survive...
Arab and Muslim leaders blame West for Gaza misery
... Washington s strategic alliance with the oil-rich Gulf Arab states dates back to 1945 and a wartime meeting on a US warship in the Red Sea between President Roosevelt and the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz...
Rumbling Middle East fault lines make this Israel-Gaza war different
... They have all been brought down, so far, by Israel s air defences or by US Navy warships in the Red Sea...
Iran-backed Yemeni rebels shoot down US drone
... This includes troops being stationed onboard military vessels in the Red Sea, which lies between Yemen and Israel...
Sharm el-Sheikh: UK to resume flights after safety ban
Sharm el-Sheikh attracted hundreds of thousands of UK visitors each year
Direct flights from the UK to Sharm el-Sheikh are to resume after the government ended a ban imposed in 2015.
Flights to The Egyptian resort were stopped after 224 people died in, linked to the Islamic State group.
Egyptian officials have since admitted The Airport fell well short of international security standards.
The Department for Transport said there had been improvements in security procedures.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said lifting the restriction was "The First step" in resuming direct flights.
He said: "The safety and security of British nationals remains our top priority and this decision follows close co-operation between our aviation security experts and their Egyptian counterparts, and improvements in security procedures at The Airport . "
The Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office has saying it "no longer advises against all but essential travel by air to/from Sharm el-Sheikh".
However, it says "there remains a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation in Egypt" and additional security measures are in place for flights departing from Egypt to the UK.
Travel company Tui said it would reintroduce Sharm el-Sheikh flights following the decision, "taking into account customer demand".
EasyJet said it would "look at any opportunities" as a result of the lifting of the flying restriction from the UK.
Trade organisation Abta said the lifting of restrictions was "welcome news" for its members.
"Sharm el-Sheikh has been a very popular destination for UK holidaymakers in The Past , before the restrictions were in place," a spokesman said.
"The news is also positive for The Local economy in this region of Egypt that is reliant on the benefits travel and tourism bring. "
Rescue flightsAccording to The Foreign Office, 900,000 UK visitors travelled to The Beach resort in 2015, but that number dropped to 231,000 in 2016 after the ban on direct flights.
UK holidaymakers heading to Sharm el-Sheikh were forced either to take multiple flights or book a place on a ferry from the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
Earlier this year, The Egyptian ambassador to the UK, Tarek Adel, told the BBC that Egypt had finished working with British security teams to upgrade its airports and was ready to welcome flights again.
The plane was on its way to St Petersburg when it crashedAfter the UK government suspended flights to the Red Sea resort, More Than 16,000 Britons stranded in the area were brought home on rescue flights amid increased security.
The Airbus A321 , operated by the Russian airline Kogalymavia, was brought down by a bomb on 31 October 2015 in the Sinai Peninsula soon after take-off.
Most of the 224 passengers killed on the plane in 2015 were tourists, including 219 Russian citizens, four Ukrainians And One Belarus national. Of the 217 passengers, 17 were children.
UK security service investigators said they suspected someone with access to the aircraft's baggage compartment inserted an explosive device inside or on top of The Luggage just before the plane took off. The Islamic State group claimed it was behind The Attack .
travel & leisure industry, grant shapps, air travel, egypt, tourism, department for transport
Source of news: bbc.com
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