Three convicted of bomb plot to blow up airliners

THREE Islamic extremists were convicted yesterday of a suicide bomb plot to blow up transatlantic airliners in a bid to kill thousands.

The al-Qaida-inspired terror cell planned to detonate homemade liquid bombs onboard flights bound for major north American cities.

Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain were found guilty of conspiracy to murder by detonating the bombs on airliners following the largest ever counter-terrorism operation in Britain.