Wed, Aug 16, 2006
Another Suspect Arrested In Terror Case
British police say they've arrested another suspected in the
plot to bomb as many as ten commercial flights from the UK to the
US.
The arrest came Tuesday in the Thames Valley, where many of the
other 24 suspects were seized. One of those initially detained has
since been freed... so the total number of suspects still stands at
24.
In the meantime... Britain's airport security nightmare
continued into its sixth day Tuesday, marked by more delays and
dozens of flight cancellations.
The British Airports Authority -- which manages Heathrow,
Gatwick, Stansted, and four other airports -- may have been hoping
that the government's slight relaxation of carry-on restrictions
would ease the long lines at both ticket counters and security
checkpoints... but that apparently hasn't happened.
CNN reports one in
every two passengers is still being pulled aside for additional
screening. At Heathrow alone, 40 flights were cancelled because of
problems caused by the new restrictions. Another 11 were cancelled
at Gatwick.
BAA chief Stephen Nelson says there are plenty of personnel on
duty to handle the huge job of searching every other passenger...
but that claim is coming under increasing fire from the
airlines.
"Since 9/11, everyone in the industry has known there might be
times when extra security measures needed to be put in place," said
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh to the Daily Mirror.
"Yet when the moment struck, BAA had no plan ready to keep Heathrow
functioning properly."
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary agreed, adding the UK government
"failed to provide any leadership" in the days after last
Thursday's arrests.
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