US air security sharply criticised

US AIRPORT security was criticised last night after a passenger was arrested for carrying ammunition on a flight from Washington to London.

The 45-year-old Sudanese-born suspect was held at Heathrow airport as he went through a routine security check in transit to boarding a connecting flight to Dubai. He had not been picked up by security at Washington’s Dulles airport, where he boarded Virgin flight VS022.

The man was missed there despite the route between London and Washington having been publicly identified as a potential target for terrorists in recent weeks.