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| Plot to down El Al jet in Geneva foiled |
| 2006-05-19 |
| A terrorist plot to blow up an El Al jet at Geneva airport with an RPG missile in December was uncovered by the Swiss and French intelligence agencies, details released for publication on Friday revealed. The Yedioth Aharonot newspaper reported that a secret agent working undercover amongst an Islamic terror cell in the city discovered the plan after three immigrants of Arabic origin boasted of their attempts to smuggle weapons from Russia with the ultimate goal of shooting down an Israeli plane at the airport. When the matter was reported to Israeli security, El Al changed the flight paths of all its Geneva-bound planes, landing them at Zurich Airport the following week. Swiss officials reported than no arrests were made following the discovery since the plan had yet to reach its final operational stages. El Al has reportedly installed the Flight Guard Self Protection System at a cost of 1 million dollars per plane on some of its fleet, and plans to install it in all its jets in the future. The system is capable of detecting an approaching missile, warning the crew and automatically activating countermeasures that will divert the missile from its course, saving the aircraft and its passengers. |
| Posted by:mcsegeek1 |
| #3 Conspiracy to commit murder isn't a crime in Switzerland? Or just not if you don't want to offend terrorists and the backers? Now if they'd been planning to inconvenience a Swiss bank ... |
| Posted by: Odysseus 2006-05-19 16:04 |
| #2 we surrounded them with surveillance tho. |
| Posted by: Swiss Cheese 2006-05-19 13:58 |
| #1 Swiss officials reported than no arrests were made following the discovery since the plan had yet to reach its final operational stages. Had them surrounded, did they? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-19 13:31 |