久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Australia vows action after incendiary device found on jet
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-24 09:56

Australia vowed swift action to plug gaps in its air security after an incendiary device was found on a jet operated by domestic airline Virgin Blue.

The embarrassing find Thursday comes just days after Canberra vowed new measures to prevent airborne terrorist attacks after the deadly September 9 bombing at its embassy in Jakarta. That attack prompted promises of new checks on flights out of Jakarta and tightened measures at domestic airports.

The attack has made security arguably the top issue in the campaign for the October 9 election. Transport Minister John Anderson vowed not to leave "holes unplugged" after Monday's find aboard a 737-300 at Sydney airport.

"I can tell you that we are engaging in training exercises, doubling and rechecking training levels right now as a result of this. We've already swung into action on that one," Anderson told national radio.

"We will do whatever is necessary here. We do not intend to leave holes unplugged."

An initial police report has concluded the device contained thermite, a chemical used in grenades. It was found wrapped in a cardboard toilet roll tube with a firework sparkler attached as a 30-second fuse.

Virgin Blue commercial operations chief David Huttner said a baggage handler found the device in the cargo hold. The finder had failed to follow correct safety procedures in taking it directly to airport security officials, he said. However, he denied that it could have exploded on its own.

"It was not something that goes boom, it was something that burns which means somebody had to be there to light it," Huttner said. "It was clearly placed there by somebody who had access to the airfield because it didn't go through checked baggage."

The aircraft had just flown in from Maroochydore on the touristic Sunshine coast of Queensland state. Huttner suggested a disgruntled airport worker may have planted the device deliberately, saying a passenger could not have taken it as it was found in the cargo hold, a suggestion strongly disputed by trade unionists.

"We believe it was an airport worker with an agenda," Huttner said.

Officials of the Transport Workers Union said it was "absurd" to suggest that a disgruntled worker might have staged the incident and criticised training procedures for airline staff.

A transport ministry spokesman said the device did not appear to have been on the aircraft in flight and said there were concerns procedures had not been correctly followed. The staff member in question had recently undergone security training, the spokesman said.

The embassy bombing has been claimed by Islamic extremist network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 88 Australians. It has prompted concerns about a possible new terrorist attack on an Australian target before the election.

Analysts have suggested Islamists may be trying to influence the vote outcome, as a bloody attack on trains in Spain did there in March.

Virgin Blue, the Australian joint venture between British carrier Virgin Atlantic and Australia's Patrick Corp., was set up in 2001 as a low-cost carrier following the collapse of domestic airline Ansett.

Australia is widely seen as among the top targets of Islamic extremists due to Prime Minister John Howard's strong support of last year's US-led invasion of Iraq. However, to date no successful terrorist attack has been carried out on Australian soil.



 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

China urges Spain to punish arsonists

 

   
 

Premier in Russia eyeing oil, technology deals

 

   
 

Removal of textile trade quotas urged

 

   
 

Crackdown on pirated software to intensify

 

   
 

Experts retrieve chemical weapons

 

   
 

Ferry sinks, killing at least 12

 

   
  Bush: Terrorists may plan more attacks
   
  Gates tops forbes list of richest in U.S.
   
  Iraq, British won't give in to kidnappers
   
  Hundreds buried in Haiti as flood deaths top 1,000
   
  UK hostage pleads for life on videotape
   
  Suicide attack kills 2 in Israel; 16 hurt
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美色爱综合 | 91精品全国免费观看 | 国产一区二区在线播放 | 日本红怡院在线 | 国产成人综合欧美精品久久 | 日韩 欧美 自拍 在线 视频 | 91热久久免费频精品动漫99 | 久久两性视频 | 亚洲美女视频 | 久久爱青青草 | 男人和女人在床做黄的网站 | 91久久香蕉国产线看观看软件 | 亚洲欧美一区二区三区不卡 | 久久久久久久国产精品 | 亚洲视频在线观看网址 | 久久久久亚洲精品一区二区三区 | 国产大片免费天天看 | 怡红院在线观看在线视频 | 久久综合中文字幕一区二区 | 久久这| 成人偷拍视频 | 国产农村乱 | 久草免费在线色站 | 女人一级特纯黄大片色 | 国产精品日本一区二区不卡视频 | 免费的特黄特色大片在线观看 | 麻豆国产视频 | 午夜人成| 美女被爆免费视频软件 | 亚洲伊人色综合网站亚洲伊人 | 91精品一区二区三区在线观看 | 亚洲成人高清在线 | 亚洲精品久久99久久一区 | 1024手机基地在线看手机 | 国产精品九九久久一区hh | 国产成在线观看免费视频 | 精品真实国产乱文在线 | 精品视频一区二区三区四区 | 深夜福利视频大全在线观看 | 中文欧美一级强 | 九九全国免费视频 |