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LONDON: What kind of hijackers bring their families along and never even threaten violence? A group of Iraqis who took over an Airbus 310 in Khartoum on Monday and just wanted a ride to London so they could defect. After several hours of negotiations at London's Stanstad Airport which brought the Red Cross, the United Nations Commission on Refugees, and the Iraqi Community Association of London into the loop, the hijackers, pleading for political asylum, gave themselves up without harming any of the 199 people aboard. "It was such a low-key hijacking, it hasn't gotten people terribly...
...talked-about politician, stepped out. The retired general was wearing civilian clothes but marched with characteristic ramrod posture into the Church of St. George the Victorious, patron saint of Russian warriors. From there the Secretary of Moscow's Security Council and now special envoy to Chechnya sped to the airport for his second journey last week in search of peace in that war-trampled republic...
...travelers, carriers pocketed the money. This silent fare boost accounted for nearly half the increase in pretax profits that the eight largest airlines reported for the first six months, according to analyst Brian Harris of Lehman Brothers. The tax, which goes to the Aviation Trust Fund to improve airport safety and security, is expected to be reinstated this month. That leaves airlines with the choice of raising ticket prices 10%, and possibly driving customers away, or cutting prices to compensate for the tax. Some carriers, worried about filling seats in the normally slower autumn months, have begun discounting...
...order have been diplomats from the affected countries who are posted at U.N. headquarters. They have lodged protests with the State Department, arguing that the hand searches at J.F.K. violate diplomatic protocol. A Libyan envoy complained that he was ordered to remove his shoes for an airport inspection...
...airline supervisor, I would send bogus bombs twice a day through airport-security X-ray machines, and several of them went frighteningly undetected. There are an infinite number of ways to put explosives on airplanes, but we trust that no one would be insane enough to try it. If the White House really wants to do something about airline safety, it needs to take off its blinders. Ask airline employees, airport staff or even travelers for the facts. Naivete is going to be the demise of this country. TRACY SCHADEBERG Laguna Hills, California...