Latest Terror plot foiled-New Security Measures from Midnight

Originally Posted by Chris

I've been sat on a plane at Heathrow and had the captain come on the intercom to explain we can't depart because a passenger hasn't turned up ... and they can't go without him as he has a checked-in bag in the hold.

Waiting for the passenger was, apparently, marginally less wasteful of time than opening the hold to find and remove his bag.

I've been been at Schiphol when they announce that 'passenger a.n. other is delaying the flight, report immediately to the gate or we will remove your luggage', but haven't been on an affected 'plane.

[danielf]

I recall going through one or two spot checks in the (early) 90s. All the luggage was laid out on the tarmac and passengers had to point out their bags before they got loaded onto the plane.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Rob

The type of explosive can't easily be detected by scanners, but the electronics needed to detonate can be. What they have been clever in doing is putting the explosives in a device where electronics are expected which might be sufficient to deceive anyone viewing a scanner.

What might not have been so clever

If the devices were to be triggered by cell phones - it is also highly doubtful they would have worked - especially in flight in an aircraft over a vast ocean where cell services is non-existent. It is also very unlikely a cellular device could even pick up the signal from inside a metal box contained inside a metal aircraft with shielding being a major obstacle to cellular reception.

I have taken this from a dodgy conspiracy site but my interest was origionally caught by a radio interview with a expert last night who said some thing very similar, doesn't seem to be any decent sources to back it up yet though.

[punky]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

What might not have been so clever

If the devices were to be triggered by cell phones - it is also highly doubtful they would have worked - especially in flight in an aircraft over a vast ocean where cell services is non-existent. It is also very unlikely a cellular device could even pick up the signal from inside a metal box contained inside a metal aircraft with shielding being a major obstacle to cellular reception.

I have taken this from a dodgy conspiracy site but my interest was origionally caught by a radio interview with a expert last night who said some thing very similar, doesn't seem to be any decent sources to back it up yet though.

9/11 proved that people can physically make and receive calls so signal isn't an issue. Amd what terrorist is going to detonate a bomb over an ocean?

[Russ]

Wasn't that plot a few years back to blow up 10 planes meant to happen over the Atlantic?