Explosive Devices Found On Cargo Planes

Two explosive devices have been found on US bound aircrafts as terrorist once again rock the aviation industry. Disaster was avoided when security were tipped off by an al-quaed member who had turned himself in 2 weeks earlier.

The devices were aboard cargo planes and had both passed security checks before a second screening found them. The first device was sent from Yemen and was found at East Midlands airport, the second was discovered in Dubai, where it had already travelled on two passenger planes, both devices had been hidden in an ink refill cartridge inside a printer.

David Cameron the UK Prime Minister confirmed the device had been designed to go off in mid-air but it was unclear as to when. All packages have been banned from Yemen and a woman has been arrested on suspicion of posting the packages.

Yemen authorities have also shut down the local shipping offices of the US cargo firms FedEx and UPS, both companies have pledged full cooperation while an investigation takes place.

It is a major blow to the UK travel industry as airline bosses were only last week saying security should be toned down a bit. But security will now be on full alert.