BA flight grounded as air alert continues

BRITISH AIRWAYS cancelled another London-Washington flight yesterday as fears of a September 11-style attack grounded a US-bound plane for the seventh time in just over a week.

Washington has introduced dramatic security measures this week, ordering international airlines to put armed marshals on certain flights and dispatching US fighter jets to tail some incoming planes.

BA did not give detailed reasons for suspending Flight 223, which was also grounded on Thursday. “It has been cancelled, that was based on advice from the UK government for a security reason,” a BA spokeswoman said.