New terror alert hits BA flights to Washington

An Air France spokeswomen in New York, Diane Cornman, said there was good cooperation among the airline and US and French government officials. “We have been complying with all security measures,” she said.

New intelligence indicates that British Airways flights from London to Washington and Air France flights from Paris to an unspecified US city could be terrorist targets, US officials said.

Some of the flights are the same as those that drew increased attention when the nation’s terror alert was raised to orange, or high, just before Christmas. Two officials stressed that there is no specific information about what might be planned, only that those flights are possible targets.