Terror attack on the UK foiled (hopefully)

[Barefootgirl]

The police have arrested a large group of people who apparently were planning to blow up planes flying from the UK to the USA. It seems they wre planning to use some kind of liquid bomb.

No-one is being allowed to take any hand luggage onto the planes, except for medical items and travel documents.

It is particularly worrying as they may not have caught all the gang members.

[protege]

I just saw that on the news here. Thanks go out to our friends across the pond for intercepting these assholes. Even so, our terror alert is set to red now. Hopefully, the rest of the gang will be caught quickly.

[NightWolf]

I saw this on the news this morning as well. I'm glad nothing deadly happened overseas, it surely could have turned into something severely tragic.

:cheers: to the authorities overseas for a job well done and saving countless lives!!

[ditchdj]

They probably wouldnt even had made it completely across the ocean. Whenever any aircraft seems to have any problems with the pilot jet fighters are immediately called out to escort the aircraft. If it's hijacted the Air Force has the authority to shoot it down now.

[Banrion]

What makes me more nervous is the fact that this comes 1 day after the US annouced that there are 11 people in the country on student visas who never showed up to the school. 3 have been caught, but 8 can still do alot of damage. I think the High alert status is very called for.

[Der Cute]

I have a lot of friends in Britian, and I'm scared. One of them is sposed to come to USA for a class. This week I think.

What a mess. Mess.

CuteWorried

[Barefootgirl]

I was meant to be flying to a meeting in Brussels today - fortunately I heard about the chaos on my drive to work and was able to cancel my meeting (it was supposed to be this afternoon). I am REALLY glad I heard about all the cancellations and delays before I left for the airport, though- I'd probably still be there otherwise.

[WHShit]

I did not hear about it until I was on the Tube to Camden (day off shopping).I got a bit scared to be on the Tube. I wondered how long it would be before they hijacked a British plane that was going to America. I always get scared flying from here, as when I do...I fly to America. I am glad they stopped it!:)

On a different note....can you imagine all the SC's at the airports bitching about having been made to wait?:(

[PuckishOne]

can you imagine all the SC's at the airports bitching about having been made to wait?:(
I'm glad someone else said this first, because I actually felt a little bad for even thinking it. But you know somewhere, someone's hollering at a gate agent for taking their precious shampoo bottle away! (sigh)

[Linda]

On a different note....can you imagine all the SC's at the airports bitching about having been made to wait?:(

They did actually show one "lady" complaining about the wait for getting through so she could go on holiday, that she was losing a day of her holidays because of "a little scare", the fact she couldn't take anything on the plane with her, and wondering how much compensation she was getting. Oh and she'd spent hours packing, only to have to repack when she got to the airport.

They didn't repeat her "views" on later editions on BBC News24...

[toolbert]

I read about this a little while ago and I have to say I'm pretty happy that at least these dudes got caught. It seems more and more activity is going our way and it looks to be just the tip of the iceburg so to speak. I hope they find the rest of the people involved. I'm just really sorry for our muslim friends will now get berated more for something that they'd never have a hand in. Extremists give good people bad names.

[Mixed Bag]

I'm glad someone else said this first, because I actually felt a little bad for even thinking it.

I expect most of us were thinking it...it's just a matter of the repartee adjusting to a situation which we realize could be more sobering than we know for some on this board.

[BunnyJas]

I have a friend that was supposed to be on one of those planes. He was supposed to be flying home from England today to be with his wife and newborn baby. I'm so thankful that these horrible, sick people were caught. Of course my friend's flight has been delayed, but hey I know he's not one of the people complaining.

[Sunsetsky]

I found out about it a couple of hours ago. I'm glad they caught some of the people who are involved. I'm still a bit edgy though. They said they believe at least 50 people were involved and they had 24 arrested. Although they did say they believe they caught the people who were mostly involved. But still...

[Crosshair]

Get ready for another round of stupid. I thought patting down old ladies and 3 year olds was bad enough, now they are just pissing off everyone more than they where before. If someone wants to get something dangerous on a plane they are gona get it on eventualy. If you want a big boom and a big body count there are much easier ways to do it than on a plane. (The train bombings are one example.) I don't know where I got this quote, but I believe it was an Israeli general who said it, "The Americans search for weapons, we search for terrorists."

Security tests have shown that airports are no more safer than before 9/11. Even Bogdan Dzakovic, a counter-terrorism expert, said, ". . . What happened on 9/11 was not a failure in the system. Our airports are not safer now than before 9/11. The main difference between then and now is that life is now more miserable for passengers." With such numbers of people moving through you are never going to catch all the stuff that is not allowed, you arn't going to get even close.

Sorry to be pesemistic, but all this extra security is just to make the people think that something is being done. The fact is that the government/police can't and will never be able to keep you 100% safe.

[Greenday]

What DID happen to those students who went missing? I found it a little fishy and then all of a sudden this happens too? What's next?

[Cia]

You are now not allowed to take anything in liquid form through the inspection points and when you buy something to drink from a vendor in the airport you can't take it with you on the plane. The only exceptions are formula for nursing babies and people with liquid medications ie. insulin.