Terror concerns ground flights

SIX US-bound flights from England, Scotland and France have been cancelled because of security concerns.

The US Government said it had fresh indications of al-Qaida’s continued interest in targeting commercial planes flying to the US.

US officials have been concerned for some time that al-Qaida wants to use chemical, biological or radiological weapons aboard an airplane. However, the threat information that led to the cancelled flights this weekend did not indicate a specific method to bring down a plane or spread an illness such as smallpox, said a US official speaking on the condition of anonymity.