Daniel Schearf MOSCOW— Tens of thousands of Russians are trying to return home after Moscow suspended all flights to Egypt, a top tourist destination for millions, on increasing evidence that a bomb caused the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 over the Sinai on October 31. All 224 people on board were killed when the passenger jet disappeared from radar minutes after reaching cruising altitude. Russia's tourism chief, Oleg Safonov, on Saturday said officials would be dispatched to Egypt to help arrange return travel for the estimated 80,000 Russians there on vacation. An unexplained noise during the final second of cockpit audio recordings has drawn attention, but Egypt's chief...
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