Bombs May Be Assembled on Planes
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Terrorist groups plan to evade airport security by carrying bomb components onto flights and assembling the devices when they are on the plane, according to a report in London's The Observer.
Teams of terrorists have carried out at least 12 “dry runs” of the plan, the weekly newspaper says, quoting unnamed security sources in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
The idea was to test the scheme on flights around the Mediterranean and the Middle East, where security standards are less stringent, before the terrorists attempt to carry the components aboard a transatlantic airliner.
U.S. authorities have warned that teams of five passengers could carry components hidden in modified items such as cameras.
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