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Article: Armed "air marshals" to be used on British passenger flights
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 19, 2002
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Armed "air marshals" to be used on British passenger flights
LONDON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- specially trained armed undercover
police officers would be used on British passenger flights,
Transport Secretary Alastair Darling confirmed on Thursday.
It is seen as part of an ongoing series of measures to tackle
terrorist threats to British aircraft.
The news came after a senior government source said there was a
"high probability" that international terrorists would sooner or
later launch an attack on Britain.
The capability "to place covert, specially-trained armed police
officers aboard UK civil aircraft now exists," said Alistair Darling
in a written statement released by the ...