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August 10, 2006
Red Alert
Due to the British terror plot arrests this morning, all flights from the US to Britain have been placed on red alert. There will be heightened security on all other flights.
"Consistent with these higher threat levels, the Transportation Security Administration is coordinating with federal partners, airport authorities and commercial airlines on expanding the intensity of existing security requirements," Chertoff said.
"Due to the nature of the threat revealed by this investigation, we are prohibiting any liquids, including beverages, hair gels, and lotions from being carried on the airplane."
He said the changes take effect at 4 a.m. local time across the United States and will be undated [sic]as warranted.
If you're flying out of Britain to anywhere, no carry-on luggage will be allowed either. Seems there was a plan underway to blow up multiple flights mid-Atlantic. And they ain't found all the participants yet.
Maybe the August 22nd prediction wasn't so far off after all.
Posted by Rita at August 10, 2006 04:13 AM