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British police thwart aircraft bomb plot

(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-08-10 20:59

Two passengers rearrange their luggage at a check-in desk at Gatwick Airport in England, Thursday Aug. 10, 2006. British authorities thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up several aircraft in flight between the United States and the United Kingdom using explosives smuggled in hand luggage, officials said Thursday. Officials raised security to its highest level _ suggesting a terrorist attack may imminent_ and banned handcarried luggage on all trans-Atlantic flights. [AP]