'Airlines terror plot' disrupted

[Captain Nemo]

For more info see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4778575.stm

Nemo

[Kapitan]

Baby milk is said to explode if its packed in too tight dont know how true it is.

[XabbaRus]

Where did you hear that crap?

[TteFAboB]

Captain Nemo, you will get bombarded for posting this.

You are wise not to include any comments in your post otherwise it would get equalized with something else.

Nevertheless, I expect a link to some other story which has nothing to do with this event attempting to equate the two anyway.

[Kapitan]

lol my nan this morning i was half asleep so i wasnt realy paying attention.

[STEED]

It's to early to make any kind of real comment until more news is released thankfully it was foiled.

[Oberon]

Well, it certainly seems something was stopped, well, so we hope anyway. From what I can tell it was to involve some kind of liquid explosive hidden in a standard fizzy drinks bottle and detonated using some kind of electrical device disguised as a standard domestic electrical device. 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.

[SUBMAN1]

When do we get to nuke these people? Or are we still being politically correct these days?

-S

[Oberon]

Well, since they're homegrown, we'll have to nuke ourselves.

[Konovalov]

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.

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.

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.

[Linton]

Have a look at this report.It seems to be quite similiar in some areas:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bojinka

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by Linton

Have a look at this report.It seems to be quite similiar in some areas:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bojinka

As I mentioned in my prior post.

Anyone that has studied Int'l Terrorism would have immediately thought back to the Bojinka plot once this current event arose. Perhaps no coincidence. Then again we must remember that in the aftermath of 9/11 new secuity measures have been put in place ranging from a stronger aircraft cockpit door to stop terrorists from getting into the cockpit, increased number of Sky Marshals, and more thorough airport passenger and cargo screening. To me this foiled plot is just further evidence that terrorists are always looking for new ways to get around our defences and effect a successful attack.

My thanks to the services involved for preventing this alleged plot.

[jumpy]

Here we go again...
For me this time it's a little more personal - the woman I intend to spend the rest of my life with (one day) is away in Borneo for 21 days at the moment. I guess I should be greatfull that she's not coming back this week (flights to & from heathrow via kuala lumpor sp?), but on the 19th instead; having chosen to complete the second part of her tour of the national parks there, whereas others from her group are on the way home to the UK and elsewhere yeterday/today - hopefully she'll miss out on the majority of the disruption caused by this - and we get some more information as to what is really going on.
Air travel is always quoted as the 'safest' form of travel... maybe so, but if you have a small mechanical failure in a car you can pull over to the side of the road. In an airoplane a serious mechanical problem usually means game over for anybody who is on board. This latest 'threat' of terrorism only highlights the timorous nature of air travel, if you ask me.[/pessimism]

I shall not be entirely comfortable or relaxed until she is back home safely - and that was before all of this threat business lol. Ah well...

[Onkel Neal]

Hats off to the British Intel services

[Egan]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Here we go again...
For me this time it's a little more personal - the woman I intend to spend the rest of my life with (one day) is away in Borneo for 21 days at the moment.

I shall not be entirely comfortable or relaxed until she is back home safely - and that was before all of this threat business lol. Ah well...

Ditto, Jumpy mate. I know exactly how you are feeling. My GF is in San Fransisco just now visiting family. She just got there yesterday.

The last time I freaked out about the news was a few months ago when that bomb went off in the market area in Dheli. My Mum, Dad, Brother and sister-in-law had just arrived about 6 hours before...