Three B.A flights halted due to 'Al-Qaeda threat'

[jjcollins]

Three British Airways flights to the US have been halted amid fears al-Qaeda may be targeting them. Flights BA 223 from London Heathrow to Washington on Sunday and Monday and flight BA 207 to Miami on Sunday were grounded on government advice.

Air France also said it was cancelling two Paris-to-Washington flights.

US officials said they had received reports of "al-Qaeda's desire to target" five or six specific flights from Europe, Reuters news agency said.

"There are a handful of flights we are concerned about and British Airways has cancelled about half of them," an official said. A BA spokeswoman said safety was the airline's top priority. Air France flights AF026 were cancelled Sunday and Monday "for reasons of security," spokeswoman Veronique Brachet said.



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[UKDEB]

Originally posted by jjcollins
"There are a handful of flights we are concerned about and British Airways has cancelled about half of them," an official said. A BA spokeswoman said safety was the airline's top priority