From today's Australian newspaper...
February 27, 2004
THE Daily Telegraph, London: February 25, 2004.
Headline: Solved Mystery of Plots Against BA's Flight 223.
At last the mystery of who is plotting to bring down BA's Flight 223 has been solved by an anonymous observer who wrote to the airline to reveal all.
"The intelligence services act on intercepts of communications, eavesdropping, etc," he begins.
"What's important to people when they travel outside the EU? The duty free, naturally.
"These repeated references of 'you must get the duty free' are probably being interpreted as 'you must get the 223'. I'd suggest that you consider changing the flight number."
And so it was that the flight number on BA's flight from Heathrow to Dulles was changed. Fair dinkum. You've got to love that. Those husky, muffled Arabic voices. Whatever you do, get that 223!