Extra body searches, new restrictions on moving around aircraft and greater use of sniffer dogs are among the security measures being planned by Britain following the Christmas Day bomb plot.
Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, also said airline staff should be free to target “high-risk” passengers — a move that could anger ethnic minority groups.
The attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian who had studied in London, to blow up an aeroplane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, using explosives in his underwear, has prompted new security measures in America. More...
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