Planes tested for radiation as 12 other sites test positive

TRACES of radiation have been found at a dozen sites in Britain and five jets were being investigated for possible contamination as authorities widened their investigation into the poisoning of a former Russian spy, British Home Secretary John Reid said yesterday.

Planes tested for radiation as 12 other sites test positive

Meanwhile, one of the two Russians who met with Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell mortally ill was on a British Airways aircraft being tested for radiation, according to one Russian newspaper.

A coroner formally opened an inquest into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, who died on November 23 after falling ill more than three weeks earlier. It was quickly adjourned so police could continue their investigation, but three pathologists were to participate in an autopsy today at the Royal London Hospital.

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