Fake bomb transported on cargo flight
30.03.11
An investigation is under way after it emerged that a hoax bomb was transported on a cargo plane from a London airport without being detected. The parcel travelled on a UPS flight to Turkey without the suspicious device being detected. It made the journey after a Turkish man delivered a package to a UPS office in north London, according to ITV News.
The package contained a timer, wires and detonator, all of which were carefully cased inside a wedding cake box. The incident comes just five months after a bomb disguised as an ink cartridge was found on a UPS cargo plane at East Midlands Airport.
Last night a Department for Transport spokesman said it was taking the incident ‘very seriously', adding: The UK has one of the toughest security regimes for air cargo in the world. All security measures are subject to continuous review.’
It was not clear why the package had been sent, although some security experts have suggested that it could have been a trial run ahead of a potential terrorist attack.
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