A BRACKNELL woman trapped in Egypt in the aftermath of the desert plane crash says there were "amazing" cheers when her plane finally landed in the UK on Sunday. 

Alison Penfold, from Jennett's Park, and her partner were stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh for two days when the the UK government halted all flights to and from the resort in the wake of the Sinai plane disaster.  

A plane disintegrated over the desert last Saturday killing 224 people in a suspected bomb attack. 

Ms Penfold says the airport was mayhem when they arrived on Friday with thousands of holiday-makers trying to find a way home and only one Monarch airlines representative, their holiday provider, available.

The UK government cancelled all flights to and from the resort on Wednesday citing intelligence concerns after the suspected bomb attack on the Airbus 321.

After being bussed to a hotel in the Red Sea resort to wait for a flight, 50-year-old Alison and partner Martin eventually boarded a plane on Sunday evening, a flight she says was the worst she's been on. 

On the plane, she felt "sick" as they approached the 23rd minute of the journey - the same time the doomed plane crashed over the Sinai peninsula.

She said: "Even when we were on the plane we weren't convinced we were actually going to take off.

"Two young lads were taken off the plane because they hadn't had the proper security checks then they were let back, so there was a lot of chat then. I just think given the circumstances how could they have been allowed on the plane without the proper checks? I felt very uneasy.

"I clock counted until we were at 25 minutes into the journey then I relaxed a bit, but I felt sick on that plane. It's the worst flight I've been on." 

"The cheers when we landed at Gatwick were amazing. It was a massive relief to be home."
The passengers were only allowed one item of hand luggage on the plane and their suitcases have yet to arrive in the UK.

Receptionist Alison has travelled to the resort every year for the past 15 years, and despite her unnerving experience, says she will return again in 2016. 

"I go every year just for the sun, sea and sand. I would go back. I just think, you can walk out into the road here and be killed, we're just as easily killed here as we are on a plane. I think if everyone stops travelling to Egypt then the people who attack planes and caused this have won.

"I feel terrible for the people in the country trying to make a living, they'll be crippled because of this."

An inquiry into the Sinai plane disaster has been launched after investigators claimed a bomb was the most likely cause of the crash. 

The plane was travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh to the Russian city of St Petersburg.