Sharm el-Sheikh flight from Stansted dodged missile last August

Thomson Airways plane heading to Egyptian resort forced to take evasive action after projectile spotted by pilot, British government confirmsA plane carrying British holidaymakers to Sharm el-Sheikh came within 300 metres (1,000ft) of a missile as it neared the Egyptian airport in August, the government has confirmed.A Thomson Airways flight from London Stansted to the Red Sea resort, carrying 189 passengers, took evasive action after the missile was spotted in its trajectory by the pilot. The c