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British Airways cancels Saudi Flight as well [Drudge Siren]
Drudge Report ^ | Jan 2, 2004 | Drudge

Posted on 01/02/2004 12:13:34 PM PST by The Raven

British Airways cancels Saturday's flight from London to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for security reasons


TOPICS: Breaking News; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; ba; ba263; lhr; saudiarabia
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more info in reuters article

BA cancels Riyadh flight

21 posted on 01/02/2004 12:37:26 PM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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To: The Raven
Okay..theory time...

The bad guys tried to hop a flight from the UK to the US. Didn't work.

they know they're being watched so they try to hop a flight back to safer territory only to have that cancelled.

The good guys have a bead on the bad guys and are trying to make em stay in one place.

Namely...the pilots.

22 posted on 01/02/2004 12:38:09 PM PST by Solson (Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. - Von Goethe)
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To: clintonh8r
Yeah, something is definitely up - I'm sure the people in-the-know are working overtime and sweating bullets right now.
23 posted on 01/02/2004 12:38:59 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: The Raven
BA out of London would be filled with fuel and, no doubt, one or more suspects.

It's possible the departing flights from LAX (Air France) and Dulles (BA) are the real concerns.

As on 9/11.

24 posted on 01/02/2004 12:40:52 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: clintonh8r
I think I read somewhere on FR that authorities are concerned with two AQ cells in particular: one in Central America, and one either in Miami or the UK (I can't remember).
25 posted on 01/02/2004 12:41:40 PM PST by rintense
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To: Solson
Namely...the pilots.

I don't think so -- it'd be easy to check up on all of the pilots and quietly track/remove them.

As I theorized above, I think it's guys in the ground crew setting something up for a passenger to use.

26 posted on 01/02/2004 12:42:07 PM PST by r9etb
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To: Howlin; BurbankKarl; rintense; af_vet_1981; r9etb
It seems the departing flights out of D.C., L.A. and London pose the greatest risk, filled fuel tank-wise.

LAX (Air France), Dulles (BA) and now Heathrow (BA) = all departures.

Incoming flights could have suspects entering airport, changing I.D.s, turning around and boarding departing flights out of U.S./London. Thus the round-trip cancellations.

27 posted on 01/02/2004 12:48:43 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: r9etb
Either way...it's internal to BA I think. Whether ground crew, pilots or attendants, they've got wind of something.

Another thought, if the problem is with the "planes not the passengers" which was stated in previous posts, is it possible these specific flights are being targeted from the ground?

28 posted on 01/02/2004 12:55:31 PM PST by Solson (Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. - Von Goethe)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
It depends on how they infiltrate the network and what products they succeed to bringing on board. Thank G-d we have good people working this.
29 posted on 01/02/2004 12:55:44 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: The Raven
Looks like these bastards (Al-queda) are up to something...
30 posted on 01/02/2004 12:56:15 PM PST by b4its2late (Pinging FReepers {except Arthur McGowan} Since May 16, 1999.)
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To: af_vet_1981
succeed to succeed in
31 posted on 01/02/2004 12:56:22 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"Thus the round-trip cancellations."

My understanding is that the round trip was cancelled because, without the plane being allowed to come to the states, there's no plane available to make the trip back to Europe.

32 posted on 01/02/2004 12:58:00 PM PST by T.Smith
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To: The Raven
No one gets in or out.
33 posted on 01/02/2004 1:08:43 PM PST by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: Solson
is it possible these specific flights are being targeted from the ground?

Seems unlikely -- why would it be better to shoot down this flight, as opposed to that one?

34 posted on 01/02/2004 1:10:33 PM PST by r9etb
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To: Solson
But why would they only have one plane this time?

Last time there were four
35 posted on 01/02/2004 1:13:50 PM PST by The Raven
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To: Solson
"Another thought, if the problem is with the "planes not the passengers" which was stated in previous posts, is it possible these specific flights are being targeted from the ground?"

I wonder if they have found some altimeter triggered devices on any of these cancelled flights? (I'm suprised this hasn't already been used, like the Lockerbie bombing)

36 posted on 01/02/2004 1:25:20 PM PST by blam
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To: Solson
The good guys have a bead on the bad guys and are trying to make em stay in one place.

What a pleasant thought!

There should be some FReepers out there that know how to use the web to search for pilot names, eh?

37 posted on 01/02/2004 1:28:05 PM PST by Principled
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To: blam
The bomb was smuggled aboard the Lockerbie plane at Frankfurt, not Heathrow.

Most likely the common thread is not at Heathrow, but rather a concern about the airport(s) that the planes came from or the passenger list on the inbound flights.
38 posted on 01/02/2004 1:32:34 PM PST by Lessismore
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To: The Raven
Does anyone know the flight number of the plane which contained the dead man in the wheel well and where the plane had been before it left Britain (I think that's where it came from)?
39 posted on 01/02/2004 1:35:55 PM PST by NTegraT ((No, I still don't feel any better.))
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To: The Raven
Right now, they're looking for ANYTHING to make an impact. One plane would again send jitters. Thus the importance of cancelling flights even if something doesn't smell right. We cannot let this happen again.
40 posted on 01/02/2004 1:41:32 PM PST by Solson (Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. - Von Goethe)
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