Airliner bomb plot was imminent-UK security source

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) A plot to blow up several transatlantic aircraft in mid-flight was imminent and could have been just days away, a British security source said today.

British police said they had foiled a plot to bomb aircraft involving ''liquid chemical'' devices after arresting 21 people in swoops across England.

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