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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-951276,00.html
Terror Plot Foiled to Attack U.S. with British Airways Jets
(London Sunday Times) An al-Qaeda suicide plot to hijack several passenger jets simultaneously - including a British Airways flight - and crash them into high-profile American targets has been uncovered by the security services. The American capital and nuclear power stations on the country's East Coast are said to have been among the terrorists' potential targets. The September 11-style plot explains the recent grounding of 10 U.S.-bound flights across the world. According to a senior intelligence source, an informant claimed that Islamic extremists intended to hijack flights operated by BA, Air France, and AeroMexico. The informant said that as well as targeting Washington, New York and Los Angeles, the terrorists were planning to launch a strike on the Valdez oil terminal in Alaska. A CIA assessment subsequently identified nuclear plants as possible targets.