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Airlines were urged yesterday to implement safety measures to reduce the risk of ice restricting fuel flow, after the crash of a British Airways jet at Heathrow earlier this year. A report, the fifth to be released by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) into the incident, concluded that the crash, on January 17, was probably caused by ice within the fuel-feed system. Now the AAIB wants aviation regulators to introduce interim measures for all Boeing 777s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines to prevent a similar incident. It also wants watchdogs to consider the implications of the findings for...

A "man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5," The BBC reported on June 1. Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was "stumped" at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt. Mr. Jayakody, a clean-shaven young man with eyeglasses and short hair, said the incident happened in mid May, when he was challenged by an official during a pre-flight security check. "He says, 'We won't be able to let you through because your T-shirt has got a gun on it'," Mr. Jayakody told...

An Afghan hijacker who forced an airliner to fly to Britain is now working at Heathrow, it has been disclosed. Nazamuddin Mohammidy, 34, was one of a gang of nine that threatened to blow up an internal flight in Afghanistan, along with 173 passengers and crew, unless they were granted political asylum. The Afghan hijackers forced the Boeing 727 to divert to Britain where they surrendered to police and the SAS after a 70-hour stand-off at Stansted Airport, Essex in Mohammidy, of Hounslow, Middlesex, is now working as an office cleaner for British Airways. The discovery came after he...

LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 18 suicide bombers may have planned to take part in an Islamist terrorist plot to blow up transatlantic airliners which could have killed more than 1,500 people, a London court heard on Thursday. Prosecutors said a gang of Britons planned to simultaneously explode passenger aircraft in mid-air between London's Heathrow airport and the United States and Canada. They were close to putting their scheme into action when they were arrested in August 2006, the court was told. "It is the prosecution case that these men and others were engaged in a deadly plan designed to...

Safe and sound: World's largest passenger plane touches down at Heathrow airport Last updated at 19:36pm on 18th March 2008 The world's biggest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, completed its first commercial flight to Europe at Heathrow Airport today. Aviation minister Jim Fitzpatrick was among dignitaries at Heathrow to greet the Rolls-Royce-powered Singapore Airlines plane, whose wings are made in the UK. The 240ft-long aircraft had been given a rousing send-off by staff at Singapore's Changi Airport and it was met at Heathrow by a water cannon salute from fire brigade crews after its 6,800-mile journey. Scroll down for more......

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THE pilot of the British Airways aircraft that crash-landed at Heathrow said he feared the flight would end in “catastrophe” as he struggled to cope with a double engine failure just two miles from touchdown. First Officer John Coward, 41, said both engines lost power simultaneously, leaving him with just seconds to bring the aircraft down. -- snip -- Investigators examining the wreckage of flight BA038 are now focusing on the theory that the crash was caused by a failure in the avionics and electronics systems that control the plane’s engines. . . . A senior industry source said: “....

1. Birds Could birds have got into the engine? "Bird Strike" is a well-known problem in aviation. Even a few birds could break a component which would be sucked into the rest of the engine. # Co-pilot saved stricken Heathrow airliner They can also interrupt the airflow, which is vital. The damage would depend on how many had been ingested. Accident investigators search the area for debris from the crashed jet Accident investigators search the surrounding area for debris from the crashed jet The strange sound of the engine has given this theory some credence. But Heathrow is regarded as...

The real hero of the Heathrow crash landing was revealed yesterday as a man named Coward. Straight after the drama Captain Peter Burkill was praised for safely bringing down his stricken Boeing 777 with 136 passengers on board. But Captain Burkill admitted yesterday that Senior First Officer John Coward was at the controls when the plane suffered a catastrophic power failure in both engines 40 seconds from landing. The initial investigation report confirmed both engines had failed two miles from the airport. "Flying is about teamwork - and we had an outstanding team on board yesterday," said the 43-year-old father...

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two engines on the British Airways plane which crash landed at Heathrow "did not respond" to a demand for increased thrust about two miles from touchdown, an initial report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said Friday. The report describes the Boeing 777 hitting problems 600ft off the ground and descending rapidly but just making it onto Heathrow land The report says: "Initial indications from (crew) interviews and Flight Recorder analyses show the flight and approach to have progressed normally until the aircraft was established on late finals for Runway 27L. "At approximately 600ft and two...

LONDON - The engines on a British Airways plane that crash-landed at London's Heathrow airport failed to respond for a demand to increase thrust, a preliminary accident report said Friday. Using flight recorder information, investigators will focus on what other systems might have caused the engine failure, according to the report from Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch. The British Airways Boeing 777 made a crunching touchdown short of the runway on Thursday, ripping off the plane's landing gear and severely damaging the two engines and wings. Nineteen injuries were reported among the 152 people aboard. "The aircraft speed reduced and...

An international passenger plane has crash landed short of the runway at Heathrow Airport. Passengers escaped down the emergency chutes after British Airways flight BA38 from Beijing came down. Six ambulances were sent to the scene and three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. The incident happened as Prime Minister Gordon Brown was due to leave Heathrow for China and India. His flight was delayed because of the incident. The south runway is closed while investigators examine the scene - the north runway remains open. Eyewitness John Rowland said: "The plane's wheels collapsed, doors were flown open....

The British Airways plane which crash landed at Heathrow apparently lost all power and avionics coming in to land. An unnamed worker at Heathrow said the pilot of the BA flight, which was carrying 136 passengers, deserved "a medal as big as a frying pan". The worker, who spoke to the pilot shortly after the dramatic landing, said: "He told me the aircraft shut down and lost power. "He glided it across and managed to get the nose up. It happened very close to coming in to land, probably over Hounslow. "Everything was normal and there was no warning or...

It is, say critics, a graphic example of how Britain's busiest airport is bursting at the seams. This incredible picture shows how a British Airways jumbo jet lost part of its wing colliding with another plane as both waited to take off at Heathrow. Panic broke out on board both planes after a Sri Lankan A340 Airbus sliced through the BA plane's wingtip 'like butter'. More than 600 passengers and crew were left stranded after the incident at 10.20pm on Monday night as both flights had to be abandoned. A Danish journalist, Annasofie Flamand, was on board Sri Lankan flight...

Two Airplanes Collide at Heathrow Airport, London(AP) No details yet.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- In yet another sign of the American auto industry's decline, British Airways on Wednesday said it would halt flights from Detroit to London, saying it doesn't see any "possible upswing" on the route. "Detroit was a route very dependent on the auto industry, and the changing nature of this sector made it a very challenging market to be in," British Airways said in a statement.

The Government warned climate change protesters at Heathrow last night to stay within the bounds of the law, as fears grew that militant elements would mount illegal protests. Downing Street said that any disruption to the airport’s day-to-day activities would be “unacceptable”, as one spokeswoman for the “climate change camp” said that illegal protests could not be ruled out. “People do have a right to protest in this country,” a Downing Street spokesman said. “But the Government believes action that would disrupt the running of Heathrow would be unacceptable.” Some 250 people had set up camp last night on private...

Heathrow protesters 'may stage bomb hoax' By David Millward, Transport Correspondent Last Updated: 7:38pm BST 13/08/2007 A hard core of anarchist demonstrators are drawing up plans to bring Heathrow to a standstill using an array of tactics including disguising themselves as ordinary holidaymakers to cause havoc in the airport terminals The Daily Telegraph has learned that protesters are smuggling smart clothes into the "climate camp" in an attempt to sidestep police and security staff and get into the terminals and office buildings. Protestors against a third runway at Heathrow set up camp There are also fears they could be planning...

armed police will use anti-terrorism powers to "deal robustly" with climate change protesters at Heathrow next week, as confrontations threaten to bring major delays to the already overstretched airport. Up to 1,800 extra officers will be drafted in to prevent an estimated 1,500 people disrupting the airport over the period of the camp for climate change, which is due to begin on Tuesday. The police have been told to use stop and search powers against the protesters, who have pledged to take direct action on August 18 and 19 but not to endanger life. Article continues The Metropolitan police chief,...

NEW YORK -- A plane headed for London has been diverted to John F. Kennedy airport in New York due to a suspicious passenger on Thursday, according to a Transportation Security Administration spokesman. A member of an American Airlines flight crew reported a suspicious passenger on flight 136, which took off from Los Angeles' LAX airport and was bound for London's Heathrow airport, according to TSA spokeswoman Andrea McCauley. McCauley said the flight was canceled and all passengers have been off-loaded in New York. A passenger boarded the plane after getting off an employee bus without proper identification, according to...

Heathrow, England, 3 July (AKI) - Passengers said on Tuesday that Terminal 4 at London's Heathrow airport was being evacuated after a suspect package was found. Officials at the airport could not confirm that the terminal was being evacuated but said a suspect bag had been found, Reuters news agency reported. Flights departing from Terminal 4 are mainly operated by British Airways and by Dutch KLM, to European and long-haul destinations. Britain is on 'critical' security alert following last week's failed bombings at Glasgow airport and in central London, believed to be an-Qaeda plot. Security services fear a terror attack...

LONDON: Heathrow Airport's terminal 3 was closed Sunday night after a "suspect package" was found, airport authorities said. Airport operator BAA said in a statement that police were on the scene and "are working with airport staff to get the terminal reopened as soon as possible." Further details were not immediately available.

Mastermind of 9/11 had 'plot to hit Heathrow' By Duncan Gardham (Filed: 09/09/2006) The mastermind behind the September 11 attacks on America went on to plan a hijack plot to attack London, it was alleged yesterday. Ramzi bin al-Shibh was tasked by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to recruit operatives in Saudi Arabia for an attack on Heathrow Airport Four men in Saudi Arabia had already been recruited to fly aircraft into Heathrow airport when the plot was allegedly thwarted, according to United States sources. President George W Bush suggested that the Canary Wharf tower in London's Docklands might also have been...

MAYBE IT'S because I know I have to catch a transatlantic flight on Sept. 11. Maybe I'm just too fond of "What if?" historical questions. Whatever the reason, I can't get over how quickly the world has moved on since the exposure of the Heathrow bomb plot. Ever since the revelation that a terrorist ring intended "mass murder on an unimaginable scale," I've been finding it all too easy to imagine what it would have been like if the plotters had succeeded. We cannot assume, for obvious legal reasons, that the suspects who were charged in London are anything other...

Described as a “crazy lady” by her own attorney, a Vermont peace activist whose bizarre behavior forced the dramatic landing of a trans-Atlantic plane in Boston Wednesday has serious mental problems and had been vacationing in Pakistan since March. Wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt, baggy pants and white socks, a long-haired Catherine C. Mayo, 59, appeared in federal court yesterday on a charge of interfering with a flight crew on United 932 as it flew from London’s Heathrow Airport to Washington, D.C. If convicted, Mayo faces up to 20 years behind bars. Her lawyer, Page Kelley, said Mayo has a...

(CBS4) BOSTON Criminal charges could be filed Thursday against a Vermont woman who caused a disturbance aboard a London-to-Virginia jet that was diverted to Logan Airport. 59-year-old Catherine Mayo is being held by federal authorities in Boston. Investigators say she was a claustrophobic passenger who became upset and interfered with the flight crew on United Airlines flight 923 Wednesday morning. The pilot declared an in-flight emergency and landed the plane at Logan. The Boeing 767 was escorted by two F-15 jets based out of Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod. Passengers say Mayo paced the aisles and peppered...

It sounds like a stand-up comedian's joke: A nervous flier boards a plane with hand cream and a box of matches... But the diversion of United 923 from London to Washington - and the arrest of a passenger for interfering with the flight - was no laughing matter. Fighter jets scrambled to escort the plane into Boston, and the media scrambled to keep up with events. Television news showed luggage laid out neatly on the tarmac, sniffer dogs searching them for anything suspicious. And interest in the story was intense, as the BBC News website's own statistics show. Within two...

<p>Breaking on Fox. Details sketchy, but flight 923 has landed safely. Three suspicious passengers on board with "items" in a confrontation with flight crew.</p>

A BRITISH Airways flight from London to New York turned around mid-flight and returned to London's Heathrow airport after a mobile phone started ringing, the airline said. "Flight BA179 has returned to Heathrow as a precautionary measure," a spokeswoman for BA told AFP. "A mobile phone was located on board the aircraft which none of the passengers appear to own." "The captain assessed the situation with the BA security team at Heathrow and it was decided that it was safe to continue. However, the captain decided to return to Heathrow as a precaution. "The captain explained his decision to the...

...a British Airways flight from Heathrow to New York has been turned back because a mobile phone - banned at the time - was on board. The British Airways flight was turned back after a mobile phone was heard ringing at the back of the plane. No one on board admitted owning the phone so flight BA179 with 217 passengers on board returned to Heathrow as a precautionary measure. A businessman who was among the passengers told BBC News 24: "When the plane took off a mobile phone started ringing. "One and a half hours later the captain made the...

WASHINGTON -- Among the thousands of frustrated flyers stuck at London's Heathrow Airport Thursday was U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a jet-lagged casualty of worldwide delays and cancellations that grounded his family vacation. "It's a nightmare, everyone's stuck, and our flight is apparently delayed until Sunday,'' the senator told The Associated Press by phone. The New York Democrat and his family arrived at Heathrow Airport at 9 a.m. London time Thursday, but the plane was forced to sit on the runway for two hours before disembarking passengers. When they finally got off the plane, they were greeted with the chaos caused...

I just heard about 45 minutes ago, on abc WTVD-TV Raleigh/Durham, channel 11 that one of the terrorists was employeed at Heathrow and had an "all access" pass, presumably at that airport. Has anyone else heard this?

Schumer Stranded At Heathrow Airport (AP) LONDON Among the thousands of frustrated flyers stuck at London's Heathrow Airport today is U.S. Senator Charles Schumer -- a jet-lagged casualty of worldwide delays and cancellations that grounded his family vacation. Schumer said, "It's a nightmare, everyone's stuck, and our flight is apparently delayed until Sunday." The New York Democrat and his family arrived at Heathrow Airport at 9 a.m. London time today, but the plane was forced to sit on the runway for two hours before disembarking. When they finally got off the plane, they were greeted with the chaos caused by...

AL-QAEDA terrorists planned to hijack a passenger jet from eastern Europe and fly it into a packed terminal at Heathrow airport, killing hundreds of people, security sources have revealed. The plot, which was taken so seriously that ministers considered shutting down the airport, helps to resolve the long-standing mystery of why Tony Blair ordered armoured vehicles and hundreds of troops to be sent to Heathrow in 2003. It has now emerged that MI5 received detailed intelligence in February 2003 about a two-pronged plan to target Britain because of its decision to send troops in support of America’s invasion of Iraq....

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of passengers were stranded for a second day at Britain's biggest airport on Friday as wildcat strikes forced British Airways to cancel its flights during the peak summer holiday season. Europe's third-largest airline said there would be no British Airways (BA) flights at London's Heathrow airport until at least 1700 GMT but did not elaborate on how the strikes by baggage handlers and other ground staff would be overcome. "Our message to customers is don't come to the airport today," spokesman Richard Goodfellow told Reuters. "We're very sorry and doing all we can to look after...

British Airways has cancelled its flights from Heathrow Airport for the remainder of the day (Thursday, August 11). Flights currently en-route to Heathrow will be diverted. The decision is as a result of unofficial industrial action at Heathrow by staff from catering company Gate Gourmet and some British Airways ground staff. We are working hard to resolve the situation and restart our flights as soon as possible. We are currently reviewing our flying programme for tomorrow (Friday, August 12). However, customers who are booked to travel tomorrow should check the latest situation on ba.com before coming to the airport. We...

LONDON: A bag stuffed with bogus passports, documents and bank cards was found abandoned at London’s Heathrow Airport, a newspaper said yesterday. The News of the World called the find a ‘potential terrorist goldmine’ and said anti-terrorist officers were urgently probing the discovery. The bag was spotted by a taxi driver on a verge near London’s main airport on Thursday. The paper said the fear was that the bag could have been meant to aid further bombers enter and exit the country. The 19 passports inside were for Pakistani, British, Indian, Nepalese and South African nationals. The newspaper said pictures...

Three people were detained, questioned and released on Tuesday morning after a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to London was diverted to Boston because of their suspicious activity, authorities said. Logan Airport Spokesman Phil Orlandella said Flight 934 landed in Boston at 2:52 a.m. Three people he described as Pakistani citizens were taken into custody and questioned. All three were later released and no charges were filed, said Gail Marcinkiewicz, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Boston. "The flight crew made an observation of their behavior which caused the flight to be diverted to Boston," she said. "It's all...

Cannot post directly - it's the USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-26-flight-diverted_x.htm

Suspected 7/7 connection. Breaking . . .

British police have charged a man with conspiracy to cause an explosion after arresting him Tuesday when he arrived at London's Heathrow Airport from Pakistan. Police officials say authorities filed the charges against 29-year-old Salahuddin Amin Saturday. They say the offenses, involving conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious damage, occurred between October 2003 and March 2004, but gave no details. The suspect is to appear at London's Central Criminal court Monday.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- British police say they have charged a man arrested at London's Heathrow Airport with conspiring to cause an explosion. Salahuddin Amin, 29, was held by the anti-terror branch of London's Metropolitan Police as he arrived on a flight from Pakistan on February 8, a police spokeswoman told CNN on Saturday.

An undercover reporter revealed a major security lapse at Heathrow airport by repeatedly entering restricted areas, it emerged today. The Sky News reporter easily entered British Airways offices and other out-of-bounds areas at the London airport which housed confidential security documents. He also walked up to passenger planes on the tarmac just hours before they were due to take off, Sky reported today. BA has launched an investigation into Sky’s report, while the British Airports Authority, which owns the airport, admitted “there was room for improvement“. The reporter returned to the airport on a number of nights, carrying only a...

LONDON (AFP) - British security services have foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to fly planes into targets in London in a September 11-style attack, Britain's independent ITV News network reported. "This is the story of what could have been a nightmare averted," said ITV's political editor Nick Robinson. "A story not of failure, but of success." "That, at least, is what I am told by a senior authoritative source who says that the security services managed to avert a plot to fly planes into Canary Wharf here, and also into Heathrow Airport," he said. "I simply do not know the details...

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Terror mastermind lived in flat under Heathrow approach By Daniel Foggo and Massoud Ansari (Filed: 08/08/2004) An al-Qaeda "communications chief" who is believed to have been co-ordinating a plot to bomb Heathrow spent three weeks living near the airport late last year, the Telegraph can reveal. Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, 25, who is under arrest in Pakistan, lived in a ground floor flat in Reading, Berkshire. The address, on Wensley Road near the centre of town, lies below a western approach flight path to the airport. Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan: reconnaissance He lived there with his grandmother, Batool Begum, and...

Al-Qaeda ace may have been arrested in UK By Peter Fray, Herald Correspondent in London, and agencies August 6, 2004 British authorities are believed to have foiled a well-developed plot to bomb Heathrow Airport by one of al-Qaeda's most senior operatives in Europe. The agent, known as Abu Eisa al Hindi, is believed to be among 13 men arrested by anti-terrorism police in Britain this week. Twelve of the men, aged 19 to 32, are still being questioned by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of being involved in the "preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism". Police have declined to...

LONDON -- Police in Britain are holding a senior al-Qaeda operative who was allegedly planning an attack on London's main Heathrow Airport, major newspapers reported today. In a front-page article, The Times said the man was arrested after a tip-off from Pakistani intelligence, which claimed he was getting orders directly from Osama bin Laden "as head of al-Qaeda operations in Britain." It cited unidentified Pakistani officials as saying that details about Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, were found in the computer of a suspected al-Qaeda member arrested last month in Pakistan, Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan. According to The Times,...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities gave British authorities images of London's Heathrow Airport and other sites that were found on computers belinging to two arrested al-Qaida fugitives, intelligence officials said Thursday. It was not clear if the information played a role in the Tuesday arrests of 13 people in Britain. One was released and the rest were being questioned. Maps, photographs and other details of possible targets in the United States and Britain were found in computers belonging to Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani - a Tanzanian indicted for his role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa...