Air Watch
14 SEPTEMBER: LONDON 28 SEPTEMBER: MANCHESTER 21 AUGUST: NASSAU
The three men found guilty of the so-called Grant Smith, 36, was jailed for ten and a half A bomb threat was called in to Lynden Pindling
“liquid explosive plot” of 2006 which, had it months for his behaviour on a Thomson International Airport causing flight delays.
been successful, would have resulted in the Airways flight to the Dominican Republic on
destruction of seven aircraft en route from New Year’s Eve. Smith, intoxicated, was 7 SEPTEMBER: DURHAM, UK
London to North America, were sentenced. abusive and aggressive towards crew and the A 45-year old intoxicated Latvian was
Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, was flight had to divert to Bermuda. arrested when he took an alarm clock out of
sentenced to life imprisonment with a his baggage and shouted “it’s a bomb” at
minimum 40-year term. The plot's "chemist the KLM check-n desk at Durham Tees
and quartermaster" Assad Sarwar, 29, must Valley Airport.
spend a minimum of 36 years behind bars,
while fellow plotter Tanvir Hussain, 28, must 17 SEPTEMBER: MIAMI
serve at least 32 years. A fourth man, Umar A bomb threat note was found in the toilets of
Islam, was jailed for 22 years. It is believed an American Airlines flight en route from
the plot might have been carried out by up to Miami to Boston. The flight returned to Miami
18 suicide bombers. to be searched.
21 SEPTEMBER: BLENHEIM, NEW
ZEALAND
Craig Singleton, 18, and his 16-year old
accomplice made a replica bomb and hid it
near the entrance of the airport terminal; they
later moved it next to an Air New Zealand
vehicle, whose driver found it in the evening.
The mock device had a piece of paper with
THREATS
the word "Boom!" on it, together with a
21 SEPTEMBER: LONDON passage from the Koran.
Vincenzo Licata, a 53-year old British Airways 6 AUGUST: OMSK
flight attendant, appeared in court on assault An Israeli man who had been jilted by his 25 SEPTEMBER: LA REUNION
charges relating to his fondling a Russian lover emailed a bomb threat that An Air Madagascar flight, en route from
businessman when he insisted on tucking him resulted in the closure of Omsk Airport. Antananarivo to Guangzhou, was the subject
into bed on a first-class flight from Heathrow of a bomb threat called in to the airport in
to Washington. 6 AUGUST: ATHENS Antananarivo. The aircraft landed in La
A passenger found a bomb threat note on Reunion and was searched.
25 SEPTEMBER: JAMAICA board a Vueling flight set to depart to
Stephen Fray, 21, was found guilty of Barcelona; the aircraft was evacuated 29 SEPTEMBER: SAN FRANCISCO
attempting to hijack a Canjet flight at Montego and searched. Mark Todd Field, 46, was arrested for
Bay prior to its departure to Halifax, Canada, threatening to blow up a Philippine Airlines
on 19 April. In the incident, he ran through the 12 AUGUST: DELHI flight because he was angry that the ticket
security checkpoint holding his father’s .38 A 35-year old businessman, who was caught agent was insisting that the man buy a round-
revolver and boarded the aircraft, demanding in a traffic jam on the way to the airport to trip ticket.
to be flown to the USA. He fired the weapon catch an IndiGo Airlines flight, attempted to
at the aircraft’s ceiling before releasing most delay it by telephoning in a bomb threat. He 30 SEPTEMBER: BOSTON
of the passengers and two of the crew in had tried to change the flight to a later flight, In an incident similar to that which affected
exchange for cash. The Jamaican police but the airline had refused which prompted American Airlines on 17 September, another
stormed the aircraft after six-hours. Fray was his threat. He was arrested a day later when of their flights, this time bound for Miami
sentenced to. Fray was later sentenced to a his mobile number was traced. The taxi (rather than vice versa), found itself returning
total of 83 years in jail but, as he was found driver, who was taking him to the airport, had to the gate after a flight attendant found a
guilty of a variety of charges, he will serve overheard the call and refused to drop him off bomb threat in the toilets saying, "Bomb on
only 20 years due to concurrent sentencing. at the airport. board. Boston-Miami."
14 AUGUST: yELLOWKNIFE, CANADA
The airport terminal and aircraft hangars
were evacuated following the receipt of a
Air
bomb threat.
20 AUGUST: MUMBAI
Singapore Airlines’ Mumbai call centre
Watch
received a bomb threat citing an airborne
flight from Singapore to Melbourne.
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