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Measures in the wake of metro jet 9268 comes at the global spotlight where the doomed airliner originated. officials in cairo initially downplayed concerns saying no changes made because none were necessary. tonight the question is what, if anything, has actually changed at that airport since then? more on that from ian lee. >> reporter: there is a noticeable increase in security here at sham el sheikh airport. even before you get into the terminal, there is a check point where they go through your luggage. there is a bomb sniffing dog as well and you come into here and this is one of the many...

The desert searching for debris and any possible sign of what caused metrojet 9268 to crash. investigators from around the world but egypt's civil aviation authority in full control. >> egypt has adopted a surge of transparency related to this incident. >> reporter: but with millions in tourism at stake, will egypt offer a fully transparent and open investigation? tourism is one of egypt's largest industries in the warm waters around sharm el-sheikh, a huge draw, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars every year and already egyptian officials are saying that the plane was not brought down...

Welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie al help. you're watching cnn newsroom live from atlanta. here are our top stories. authorities from both russia and egypt say there is no evidence yet to support the theory that a bomb brought down metrojet flight 9268. u.s. president barack obama and british prime minister david cameron have said intelligence suggests there was a bomb on the plane. >> and mr. cameron defending his decision to suspend flights to and from egypt's sharm el sheikh airport after the crash. he met with ...

In the cockpit asking him why he shut down the engines and then begging him repeatedly to help him pull up before the recording ends. and this wasn't the only time the egyptian and western investigators differed over the cause of the crash. >> in 2004, there was an accident off of sharm el sheikh, a 737 crashed. the bea, the french, and the americans indicated that they believed it was pilot error. the egyptians did not agree and blamed it on some sort of mechanical failure. >> reporter: as the u.s. and other countries make their own assessments about why flight 9268 crashed, the pressure grow...

The sharm el sheikh airport would not be taking off as planned their flights. they have been stranded since metro jet 9268 crashed. >> reporter: well, they were incredibly irate when the british ambassador came down here a little earlier today. they say they want answers. they believe people aren't being clear enough with them. and they are worried that perhaps given how almost definitive britain has been about its security concerns about this airport. the british government left itself wiggle room but it is making pretty strong statements where it thinks the security problems were. there were...