NEW YORK, N.Y. — Six flights from England, Scotland & France have been cancelled because of security concerns.
British Airways grounded the same flight scheduled for Sunday and Monday from London’s Heathrow Airport to Dulles International Airport outside Washington, as well as the return flights. Also cancelled was a Sunday flight from London to Miami. In addition, Continental Airlines said it cancelled Sunday’s Flight 17 from Glasgow, Scotland, to Los Angeles with an intermediate stop in Newark, New Jersey.
Air France scrubbed the same flight set for Sunday and Monday from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to Dulles. As a result, the outbound flights were cancelled.
A US government official said there were concerns about a handful of flights on those foreign carriers and a US-based airline that flies internationally. The official declined to identify the third carrier, which turned out to be Continental.
“We continue to receive threat reporting that indicates al-Qaida’s desire to target international aviation,” said Brian Roehrkasse, spokesman for the Homeland Security Department.
