On 3rd September, a UPS 747 crashes in flames after taking off from DXB. Very little is reported on any of the media networks. The cause is, as yet, unknown. On 29th October, a device is allegedly found at a freight terminal at East Midlands Airport (EMA), and the news media on both sides of the Atlantic go into meltdown.
For the benefit of those in the US, EMA is about 120 miles north of London.