Russia and Egypt have urged caution over suggestions that a Russian airliner that crashed in Sinai killing 224
passengers may have been bombed.
Russia said such theories were "speculation", while Egypt said there was "no evidence" yet to support them.
US and UK officials say intelligence suggests the plane may have been bombed. The UK has suspended flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh.
Militants linked to Islamic State have claimed they brought the plane down.
The Metrojet Airbus 321, bound for St Petersburg, crashed in Egypt's Sinai desert just 23 minutes after take-off from Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday.
German airline Lufthansa has announced that its subsidiaries Edelweiss and Eurowings are stopping all flights to Sharm el-Sheikh. On Saturday the airline said its planes would no longer fly over the Sinai peninsula.
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Most of those on board the plane were Russian.
"We cannot be certain that the Russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that that was the case," said UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
He said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin to explain the UK's course of action.
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