About 21 of 50 suspected terrorists picked up in the UK this morning. The plan involved mixing liquid chemicals while onboard appx 6 different planes in bound from the UK.
Threat level raised to Red on all flights from the UK. Heathrow is closed for most European flights. Orange Alert across our country.
Prepare for flight delays and declutter your carry-on.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207682,00.html
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London Police Disrupt Terrorist Plot to Blow Up Aircraft in Mid-FlightThursday, August 10, 2006
LONDON — Authorities in Britain disrupted a "serious" terrorist plan to blow up as many as six airplanes simultaneously in mid-flight on their way from Britain to the United States, FOX News learned Thursday.
The "loss of life to innocent civilians would have been on unprecedented scale” had the plan been carried out, Britain's Home Secretary John Reid said.
The plot would have seen terrorists smuggling liquid explosives — that could be missed by x-rays during screening — onto planes via carry-on luggage, security sources told Sky News.
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