PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - PPL visiting the flight deck
View Single Post
Old 3rd Apr 2011, 20:16
  #36 (permalink)  
wanna_be_there
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: manchester
Posts: 526
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Quick google search gives more articles, but this is the crux of it:

Former British Airways Employee to Get 30 Years in Jail For Terrorist Plot | Self-Catering-Breaks News

a British Airways computer expert has now been put in jail for at least 30 years for plotting to launch a terror attack from the UK.

This worker, who did have access to Heathrow Airport, apparently was trying to use his position at the airline to plant a bomb on a plane. Reports show that this man, Rajib Karim, age 31, was working with Anwar Al-Awlaki. This is a notorious radical preacher that is associated with the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

The goal of Rajib was to become a member of the cabin crew for British Airways. From there he was going to plant a bomb on a United States-bound flight and blow up the plane. However, his plot was discovered before he had a chance to do this. He was found guilty just last month of four counts of planning terrorism.
wanna_be_there is offline