My first post in a couple of months here.
This alleged foiled terrorist bomb plot sounds strikingly similar to the Bojinka plot of the mid 90's in terms of the aims. The Bojinka bomb plots aim was to effectively detonate onboard explosives on a dozen aircraft simultaneoulsy on flights to/from US and South East Asia courtesy of Ramzi Yousef who was responsible for the 93 WTC basement bombing.
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Originally Posted by Oberon
The entire UK airline industry has pretty much ground to a halt, but it seems that whatever was being planned has been stopped.
Our terror alert level has gone up to critical which means an attack could take place at any time (although officals stress they 'think' they have everything under control), and the US airport alert level has gone up to 'red' apparently.
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Tell me about it. I manage a small logistics and airfreight business only 10 minutes from LHR and I have been in the office since 5am this morning. I recieved a fax from the DfT (Department for Transport) outlining what was happening and the raised security threat. I will post later some of that fax which makes for interesting reading. Needless to say it has been a nightmare of a day for me trying to make alternative arrangments for all of my customers freight, in particular one of our main customers who deal in AOG's (Aircraft on Ground) shipments. I have a splitting headache. 
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