Airline terror plot

Less than 3 days to go until I leave for Colombia and Police in London have disrupted a plot to blow up planes mid air between London and the US. Three US airlines are said to have been targeted. The terrorist threat level in the UK has now been raised to critical threat level which means, "an attack is expected imminently and indicates an extremely high level of threat to the UK". I would have been happier if the police has said they'd foiled a plot rather than disrupted it, it would then sound less like the terrorists have been slightly inconvenienced and delayed for a few days :-)

From what's been reported, the plot seems to have involved waves of attacks mid air, caused by suicide bombers using a liquid explosive disguised as an everyday item that would not have been picked up in hand luggage. The Department for Transport have released new security measures which list what can be taken onboard, even the things that can be taken on board must not be in pockets but in a see-through plastic bag. ". . . all passengers boarding flights to the USA and all the items they are carrying, including those acquired after the central screening point, must be subjected to secondary search at the boarding gate. Any liquids discovered must be removed from the passenger. " I guess the bottle of Whiskey I was going to get for Marcela's dad might not be such a great idea now!

Most UK Airports are currently in chaos with some airports cancelling all flights, hopefully that will calm down in the next 3 days!